Ordeal Quotes

[Officials from the Fox Television Network announced Friday (August 12) that investigators found no evidence to support a former American Idol contestant's claims that he had an affair with judge Paula Abdul. According to the Associated Press, Fox officials said Paula will be back as a judge on the show's upcoming season and that they will be implementing an] enhanced non-fraternization ... I'm grateful this ordeal is over, and I'm so looking forward to getting back to the job I love. - Paula Abdul

[In coping with such a trying ordeal, faith offers hope, Sullivan said.] You have to have faith, ... If you don't have faith, you don't have anything. - Valerie Brown

[He says the ordeal led to] denial, repression, accommodation and disassociation ... subconsciously repressed. - Michael Jackson

[French President Jacques Chirac sent his] very sincere condolences ... during this cruel ordeal. - Mikhail Gorbachev

[At a meeting in Statler Hall Sept. 1, representatives from departments across campus met with students from Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi and surrounding states to discuss Cornell's response to the hurricane.] We know this is on the early side of the response... We think of ourselves as in this with you. This is going to be a long-haul ordeal. Our thoughts are with you. - Laura Lewis