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June 19, 2004 Issue Date:
June 19, 2004

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"He gave us eight years of service. It doesn't hurt for us to wait eight hours for him."

Keith Godliman of Santa Clarita, Calif., on how few complained about the much-longer-than-expected lines to view Ronald Reagan's casket at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.

"The safest place for me to be is in the center of God's will. And if that is in the line of fire, that is where I will be."

Major Timothy Vakoc, a Roman Catholic priest and Army chaplain, to his sister about going to Iraq. Major Vakoc was severely wounded by a roadside bomb on May 30.

"Fugu is exciting because it's toxic."

Takeshi Yamasuge, a fugu restaurant owner near Tokyo, on news that Japanese scientists have developed a poison-free pufferfish (fugu, as it's known in Japan). Only licensed chefs may prepare the poisonous brand, so the prices are high: about $100 a pound.

"3-1."

The odds that British bookmakers are giving that last week's rumored marriage between actress/singer Jennifer Lopez and singer Marc Anthony will not last out the year. Ms. Lopez has had two other marriages, one lasting a year and the other nine months. Her high-profile engagement to actor Ben Affleck ended in January.