Afterfourgruelinglaps, the race had come down to a sprint. Into the straight, although my legs were burning, I called on them for more, and they responded. On my inside the maroonsingletcame with me, until it was just the two of usheading for the line.
Now, as the worldknows, the straightestway to the heart of the honestvoter is through the women of the land, and the straightestway to the heart of the women is through the children of the land; and one method of winning both, with ruralpoliticians, is to kiss the babieswide and far.
There'snothingmoreannoying than taking a greatpicture, only to find that the horizonisn'tstraight.
‘It wasn't the properthing, squoire. It wasn'tstraight.’
TonyBlairissued a directchallenge to the IRAyesterday when he demanded they givestraightanswers to threesimple questions  [ …] .
It moves them from 17th to 12th on sevenpoints, while Bolton are nowbottom of the table with fivestraightdefeats.
Oh, music, how he loved it; it seemed to seteverythingstraight all at once in his head.
Realcowboysknow how to rope, ride a horse and drinkwhiskystraight.
Steyn continues and it's all a bitmoreorderlydown his end as O'Briendefends the firstthreeballs with a straightbat and a respectfuldip of the head.
Murraystartedwellagainst Marcos Baghdatis beforeslumping to defeat in straightsets and the British No1 admitted he may not have been mentallyprepared for the rigours of the ATP Tourafter a gruellingstart to 2011.
Yousayyou'vegot togo home. Wellat leastthere'ssomeone there that you can talk to. And younever have to faceup to the night on your own. Jesus, it must be great to be straight.
For all the boredom the straightlifebrings, it's not too bad.
We only appearstraight for the firstfiveseconds. Just walkingdown the street, in the diner, or at the boardwalk, we hear, "Is she a man? Is she a woman? If she is a straightwoman, what is she doing with this gayman?" We check in with each other. "What do you think, is itokay? I think we should go. I think we should cross over to the other side. Danger."