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I remember we'd roll into gas stations in our beat-up van and I'd tell the attendant, 'I'm going to be an actor!

Pablo Picasso, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Hemingway, Mel Gibson, Lou Reed, Norman Mailer, Vanessa Redgrave, Van Morrison - each is distinguished by controversies unrelated to his or her art; by many accounts, some of them are not nice people at all.

Over the years, 15, 16 years, we've picked up all sorts of bits and pieces, ... And normally when we make an album we load a van up and deliver it all: old Wurlitzers, odd synthesizers and things.

Over the years -- 15, 16 years -- we've picked up all sorts of bits and pieces, ... And normally when we make an album we load a van up and deliver it all: old Wurlitzers, odd synthesizers and things.

Plain and simple, the Grateful Dead define the van culture. For the past 35 plus years, deadheads have followed Jerry G. and the gang around the country in microbuses.

Pianists have the Van Cliburn competition and guitarists have a number of contests, as well, but the electric bass is such a young instrument, relatively speaking, that this sort of thing just hasn't happened until now. Victor and I have been talking about this for a couple of years because we go around the world and we bump in to people who just blow us away. They've been practicing for years on this stuff that nobody's ever heard. They might be well-known players or just hiding out in a practice room working on techniques we don't even known about.

Really our only goal getting there was to play as many matches as we could and see if we were in shape. There was a bunch of tired girls coming home in the van but we placed well. I've been in that tournament before and it was like air leaking out of a tire. I'd say all six girls, for the flights they were in, couldn't have had a better outing.

That first dual was one of the worst performances we've had in a long time. We were pretty flat. There were a few close matches against Van Buren and we ended up getting pins. The opposite happened against Keokuk.

Look at what he utterly obliterated: Danielle van Dam. We need go no further than that.

Matthew Williamson has always been a favourite of mine, and I am definitely also rooting for up-and-coming designers like Michael van der Ham.

I think only Rip Van Winkle would be able to ignore the wake-up call that Hurricane Katrina offers with regard to emergency preparedness,

I still feel very close to the people I wrote shows with and some of the people I toured with. I feel very close to them, like a family or like college friends who you know and who have seen you at your worst and you spend 14 hours driving a van all piled on top of each other.

I think it was when they were sophomores, when Swift, Van Vliet, those guys were sophomores. I think that's the last time we beat them.

I'm sponsored by the solar company Goal Zero, and they were gracious enough to install panels on my van and a nice battery system for the inside. I have lights and a fridge inside the van. And of course I had panels installed on my mom's house.

I'm here to persuade you, beyond a doubt ... who murdered Danielle van Dam.

The arm comes down. The thing shoots up. It was crazy. That van probably won't be driven for a while.

The animal was lying down and then wandered off. Van Cortlandt Park is home to many wild animals, including deer and turkey, and it is not altogether unusual to spot a coyote.

My brother Van got the computer first and showed me what it was like to edit video. I definitely credit Van with turning me onto filmmaking.

You can go to art exhibitions, from van Gogh or Leonardo, you can see the whole history of art in museums and exhibitions. You can see the oldest film that was ever made, etc etc, so why not the same with the music industry?

We can't even build a van now. When we get an order, we pull together what we can and send it out.

VW has held a beloved place in American culture. When I graduated from college, many of my friends drove across the country, and most hit the road in a VW van or Bug. Through the years, these cars have represented youth, freedom and quirkiness.

The policemen followed them in a white van and one of them fired at the activists from close distance, but they managed to escape unhurt.

We actually started in 1962 under the name 'Johnny and the Sting Rays'. It was me on guitar, Bob Thomsen on bass; Oral Van Sickle on drums, and my sister Colleen on the organ.

We don't know why the van was running; it's kind of mysterious. The parents suggested somehow the child was able to turn it on because it had a damaged ignition and could be started without a key, but who knows?

The fact that family homes are invaded early in the morning by large groups of uniformed men who waken children in their beds, handcuff the parents in front of the children, and then take them away with perhaps about half an hour's notice in a van to a prison or for immediate deportation; I think that's absolutely outrageous.

We knew Van Buren was going to give a heroic effort, and they played great. This is a great road win for us.

We only gave up five in overtime, where compared to the last overtime we just played we gave up 17. And Jason Van Eck had some big blocks.

We have been able to use (the van) to pick up some of our guests. St. John's uses the van just for Time Out.

We have gone from a minivan to a full-size cargo van to a FedEx delivery truck.

When people asked me what I did, I'd say, 'I work in publishing', and when they then say, 'What side of it?', I say, 'Supply' - no doubt leaving them to think I drive the books around in a van and deliver them.

The reason we've always had hope for Van and still do is he fits in that slim margin of cases where there's room for flexibility.

To be in something as iconic as a Dracula film, and to be playing Jessica van Helsing, who would have been Dracula's choice for a bride, through history and beyond the grave, was a thrill.

With Brad van Hoff in center, if the ball goes up, it's pretty much caught out there. The kid can run. Charlie Carter's one of the best athletes I've seen around here at Eastside, as far as all-around baseball players. He can do it all.

The President was certainly pleased to nominate James Simpson. He's got a long history from his time as commissioner of the MTA to his position as chairman and chief executive officer of Victory Van Lines. He's someone the president feels is very qualified.

There are 11 killed. Earlier they thought it was 12. One is critically injured -- they thought he was dead but he is not. Also two foreigners in a van were injured.

We love to travel. We just load up the van and take off.

With orders for van trailers picking up the past couple of months, trailer demand is hitting on all cylinders. In March, orders rose to a seven-plus year high at 37,100 units.

When we used to drive out of the garage at night and go through the infield, you would make sure the van doors were locked, and your kids weren't looking. Now you see some of the stuff fans are getting to do and the vehicles they are camping in and you want to stop and hang out with them.

falsely alleged that she engages in sex romps on a regular basis with a series of men in a VW van parked outside her L.A. home for this purpose.

We need to show we can go on the road and play like this. I'll take this one don't get me wrong, but we need to go on the road and show a little toughness. And it'll take some toughness at Van Buren.

We wanted to be aggressive and go at it. Seth (Taylor) did a nice job of beating his guy down the left plank and got the ball in the mix. When you get in behind some people anything can happen and we did a great job of putting that away. Van Pelt has done a great job in scoring for us. He's a tough competitor.

We've had some guys out for long periods of time. We've got to whip those guys back in shape. We're waiting on (Keith) Van Horn to come back, which we think he can come back in about a week to 10 days. Hopefully, that other series will stretch to seven games.

We all listen to the same music; we all came from the same place, standing on the shoulders of the same giants. I'd be willing to bet that The Rolling Stones are more envious of our lifestyle, living here in Kentucky, playing loads of different Americana music. That's what they were going for. We're closer to the source than they are, really. I think they would love to come down and stay in Covington with us and stay up until 5 in the morning, playing guitar and singing Townes Van Zandt songs and Leadbelly songs. It'd be right up their alley. It's no mistake that we have the same kind of thing going on.

We had to get our van legs out. The guys played pretty well. I was happy to get the win.

We weren't in a good rhythm, not like we should have been, but Van Buren's a scrappy team and they played well. Shepard pitched her heart out.

We will never forget this evening, Thanks to you, I have the nicest van that I have ever had.

Van Orden has really come on. He came over from soccer and has worked hard and is blossoming into a strong defensive end. Paski is, too. We don't want to try and do too much, just play assignment football. If he gets out of the pocket, he's scary.

Van Buren will have three good practices to prepare for us. We will be tired Wednesday and will only have a breakdown practice to get ready for Van Buren.

Van Buren is notably one of the harder places to go and play. But we need to play well on the road.

Van Buren is a senior-laden team with several key players back. They've got a new coach, and I'm sure they're playing with a lot of enthusiasm right now.

Van Buren, Conway. The kids are thinking, 'hey, we're always going to come back and pull it out and we can make this happen.' I tell the kids there are many factors involved: Weather, umpires, luck.

To be drilled on your home court is not how any of us envisioned this. Coming in here with two home games and home-court advantage, we thought we had a great chance to move onto the Western Conference finals. ... I have to give Van Chancellor and Houston a ton of credit.

Best Western extends a warm welcome to the Van Buren Inn. We are happy to raise the Best Western flag and expand our presence in the Fort Smith area.

Every job has its downside. For example, being in a band; the travel part of it - getting picked up from your house in a car, going to the airport, getting on a plane, going from the airplane to a van, then going from the van to a hotel.

At about 6:30 this morning, we got reports from citizens in the area that there was a green van and a white car chasing each other up and down Central Avenue shooting at each other.

Especially with a lot of working moms and dads, a lot of times parents can bring their children in but they need a ride home. The church has always had a van ministry.

First United Methodist Church has a van that's taking us to Birmingham.

The tractor trailer struck the van in the drivers side. Unfortunately the driver was killed on the scene from the impact.

I've been called Rip Van Winkle. I wish they'd call me Sleeping Beauty.

It would delight Van Miller if someone retires from here with their stock value being somewhere equal value to their 401(k),

I use Lee Tran's van service, my cane, and there are friends who call, see if I need anything. People are great.

The rules of game shows limit stuff so much. I remember on 'Money From Strangers,' being in the van - not even performing - and there was a lawyer there the entire time. 'No, you can't give money for that. Yes, you can give money for that. That's a partial answer. That's a full answer.'

The struggle was very short-lived. It probably was only a minute or so. We were able to put the restraints on him. He was then carried to the van ... We did not actually use an extraction team because he never really got into the cell.

So one day I just took the train over to Arles. It's only about two hours. And I was sitting in the actual square, at one of those cafe tables that you see in 'Starry Night,' and all around you the buildings are painted in Van Gogh colors. It's very exciting. Vincent sat more or less where I was sitting.

Prof. Van Cromphout was a man who reminds us all why we are in the business of education, ... Over nearly four decades of service to NIU, he demonstrated a profound commitment to higher education.

Then at high school I got an electric guitar and a book with some photos of Eddie Van Halen in it and my grades went downhill.

Someone who copies a Van Gogh does not therefore become Van Gogh, and the same would go for Mozart or anyone else who contributed something that was original. Certainly in the way that I described visualizing numbers in abstract, meaningful shapes.

One guy said, 'I think it was a Camaro.' ... It had to have heavy front end damage because it hit that van pretty hard.

Drawings have always been the P.S. part of van Gogh's work. Yet he was a letter writer, a guy with a pen in his hand.

Drawings have always been the P.S. part of van Gogh's work, ... Yet he was a letter writer, a guy with a pen in his hand.

Anytime a change is made in the middle of the season, you're going to be shocked, especially with Stan Van Gundy. I've got a tremendous amount of respect for him. To step down the way he did, what can you say about that? ... We were shocked, but at the same time, we've got a game today.

You're smart too late and old too soon. I just got caught up in that suction cup. I feel like Rip Van Winkle right now.

You never found a van fitting the description.

This is the first grade I I've ever won, and it's a great feeling, ... People need to realize he shipped across the (country) six times now, not to count a 14-hour van ride to Phoenix and back. To keep putting on these kind of performances, it just takes a special horse to do that. I think he is recognized by the right people.

Think of the contrast. Brixton in the 1870s. Dark, smoky, foggy London, the opposite of what we associate with Van Gogh's art: the bright colors and the sunny, open scenes in Provence.

They were jammed under the front seat of the van and a Customs agent saw a paw sticking out.

This is a day for kids. This is a day that brings out the children in all of us. You can imagine when you were 8 years old or 10 years old how, with such reverence, you viewed the phrase 'pitchers and catchers report.' And the van leaving is that trigger of emotion that tells you it's just five days until pitchers and catchers report. And on a day when New England is blanketed with snow, the reminder that pitchers and catchers report in a few days by virtue of the van leaving, those are good words. Those are soothing to any New Englander's soul.

They've always remained close to Van Wert. They'll come to town and visit us, and visit the Y. Brenda has always kind of kept her finger on things here in Van Wert.

They say that people were telling them the van was going 60 miles an hour. We need people to help us get the license plate.

This is when Casper Van Dien gets to have his moment in the sun.

There's Dick Van Dyke and John Ritter, the two greatest physical comics of our generation.

There's always the story of the moving van backing up to the back of the hotel in the middle of the night and cleaning out a room. It doesn't happen often, but it has happened.

At first, when Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar went to do Van Halen, I was angry because we had plans and I had done a lot of work.

It was immersion in the sense that when we got out of the van (at the state park) no English was supposed to be spoken.

It rained like heck. We toured the farm in a van and sat on bales of hay in a barn and ate country food.

For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock bands. I was 16, and it was all I could get in to see, legally. And I saw Led Zeppelin and Ted Nugent and Van Halen and all that.

It's a lot easier, coming from van tours to where we are, touring with a big crew. You're able to employ friends.

It's a lot better than a loss. Van Buren is a great team, even better than last year. But we played solid all-around. I think the forces were with us tonight.

It's going to be a packed house, no doubt. I hope the turnout is the same as with Van last year, as far as the score.

It'll be a true test of how much we really love each other, squeezed into a van and driving for 6-8 hours a day, 12 days straight. From there, we plan on taking over the world.

Not having a clue as to what type of act I'd perform, I borrowed a friend's drum set, contacted Van and in 1974 we began our career as Dan & Van -- the Two Man Band.

It used to be when a white van pulled up, full of stereo equipment and you paid 50, 60 cents on the dollar, you knew it was stolen merchandise. Today, they're fenced right on e-bay from the comfort of your home. You could be buying potentially stolen goods and people need to be aware of that.

The van will allow us to sponsor and participate in additional kidney screenings throughout upstate New York.

The van Rysselberghe is very good, but that early part of our collection we don't wish to develop,

The van Gogh sleuthing is a delightful piece of detective work and certainly entirely reasonable as far as I can tell,

The van also has a damaged right front-end from the impact.

It was just the actors, performing some in costumes, some in jeans, on a stage for 600 students. And the students responded and were very captivated, and enjoyed it and asked intelligent questions. Then, as the performance ended, the van arrived.

These van drivers charged up to a hundred times more than the normal fare immediately after the earthquake when a huge number of patients had to be taken to hospital.

The net is closing. Leaving firearms, clothing and cash in the van suggests to me that there are people in the gang who are now making mistakes.

As a child I wanted to be a ballerina, ice-cream van owner, wife of George Michael, a nun, and a music conductor.