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No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you read more
No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise
Smoking, obesity, and alcohol abuse are leading contributors to preventable death in the United States. By early adulthood, a large read more
Smoking, obesity, and alcohol abuse are leading contributors to preventable death in the United States. By early adulthood, a large proportion of Americans smoke, are overweight, and drink alcohol to excess.
We are seeing a lot of new buying of the Canadian dollar. The central bank continues to tighten and everyone read more
We are seeing a lot of new buying of the Canadian dollar. The central bank continues to tighten and everyone is talking about the election. We expect continued strength in the Canadian dollar.
I didn't see any signs of anything being wrong. He was as gracious as ever in his closing comments to read more
I didn't see any signs of anything being wrong. He was as gracious as ever in his closing comments to the crowd, and his speech was fine.
We are going well and we want to continue like that. We have shown, at home or away, we have read more
We are going well and we want to continue like that. We have shown, at home or away, we have got a lot of fighting spirit.
The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout read more
The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout Europe: the devil's hoof, the devil's horn mark. It reaches back to early Christianity and the middle ages. Where a child was born out of wedlock, the church cooked up the impression that you'd done something sinful, and something dreadful would result. You will still find, particularly in Greece, people doing a little sign when they see a very badly disabled child – it needs warding off.
Others, like many of us, like "the good Germans" of another era, turn our heads away from this human rights read more
Others, like many of us, like "the good Germans" of another era, turn our heads away from this human rights catastrophe against, in turn, another 'despised' minority: the Palestinian people. Their resistance to brutal ethnic cleansing is, ironically, labeled "anti-Semitic."
When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies.
When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies.
We've had quite a few vehicles slide off the highway.
We've had quite a few vehicles slide off the highway.