Curse the moment I met that old man, he thought.

But today, anyone who meets that standard runs into a political Catch-22.

She met him that evening and explained the scope of the project but also the problem.

The two met a second time that month for an interview, and again on Jan. 15.

While they go after him, Dorothy tells the story of how she met that man.

He declined to say whether the contract met that standard.

"Do you have anything planned yet about how you'll meet that crisis when it comes?"

Then she looked up and met that lady's vivid blue eyes.

By August 2010, only 14 of the 38 schools met that standard.

Last year, less than a fourth of its students met that challenge.