`We will do whatever we can to bring some peace of mind to the families who have lost their loved ones. We are making every conceivable effort to find the remains and bring them home.’ — Defense Secretary William Cohen, in Vietnam on Monday.
THE ONLY CIRCUMSTANCE THAT CUBS MANAGER DON BAYLOR CAN FORESEE PREVENTING KERRY WOOD, 22, FROM PITCHING ON SATURDAY AGAINST THE WHITE SOX: `Six inches of snow, maybe.’
`This is nothing but corporate welfare.’
Coy Privette, a county commissioner in Cabarrus County, N.C., the only dissenter in a vote to grant corporate tax breaks to attract relocating companies.
`The business climate debate has been turned on its head. Today, capital is plentiful, but skilled labor is not.’
Greg Leroy, head of Good Jobs First, a nationwide clearinghouse for opponents of state and local tax breaks for business.
`She’s a bona fide, certified, qualified bomb tech.’
Chicago Police Supt. Terry Hillard, naming Irene E. Jones as the first female commander of a major city’s bomb and arson section.
`Did you really see my brother as a threat or did you kill him simply for cold cash? I wonder if you still think it was worth it.’
Evelyn Mireles, speaking directly to Ruben Alvarez as she testified at his sentencing Monday for shooting South Side activist Arnold Mireles.
`I’m just trying to keep more people alive.’
President Clinton, telling a fundraising dinner in Chicago why he supports stricter gun laws.
`I’m a realist.’
Detroit Cardinal Adam Maida, on why he was granting a dispensation allowing Catholics to eat corned beef on Friday, St.Patrick’s Day.
`Los Angeles has sometimes been referred to as the “capital of the 21st Century.”
Tribune correspondent Vincent J. Schodolski, in a story after the Monday announcement of an upcoming merger of Tribune Company and Times Mirror.
`When what you say is wrong, that’s a mistake. When you know it’s wrong, that’s a lie.’
NRA President Charlton Heston, in a new advertising campaign, apparently referring to President Clinton’s efforts to obtain stricter gun laws.
`These are days of whine and noses.’
Tribune writer Jon Anderson, on the 16th National Halloween, Costume & Party Show at the Rosemont Convention Center.
`In no uncertain terms, I behaved like a jerk, and I have had to spend the last 24 hours regretting it.’
Park Forest Mayor John Ostenburg, apologizing for remarks he made Sunday that resulted in a complaint accusing him of making a death threat.
