In peace, competition had become difficult, until the British ship owner cried for war; yet he already felt, without acknowledging read more

In peace, competition had become difficult, until the British ship owner cried for war; yet he already felt, without acknowledging it even to himself, that in war he was likely to enjoy little profit or pleasure on the day when the long, low, black hull of the Yankee privateer, with her tapering, bending spars, her long-range guns, and her sharp-faced captain, should appear on the western horizon, and suddenly, at the sight of heavy-lumbering British merchantman, should fling out her white wings of canvas, and fly down on her prey.

The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper. - Unkempt Thoughts, 1962.

The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper. - Unkempt Thoughts, 1962.

We were a great rebounding team last year so teams are really making it a point to attack the boards read more

We were a great rebounding team last year so teams are really making it a point to attack the boards on us, ... As guards, we're going to have to do a better job of boxing our man out and then getting back there and helping out. That's how we can get out running and get into our offense.

I feel John Peel was somebody that we could all trust. Throughout his life, he gave people a sense of read more

I feel John Peel was somebody that we could all trust. Throughout his life, he gave people a sense of a bigger world out there.

I think it's a really wonderful way of looking at leadership development. What we're saying is, if you understand the read more

I think it's a really wonderful way of looking at leadership development. What we're saying is, if you understand the broad issues that make up the life of the city, if you understand its history, if you understand its architecture and its neighborhood and its place, if you understand some of the ethical dilemmas that leaders must face as they make different choices about a city, and if you can articulate that in some kind of a creative process, then you are prepared to take an active role in decisions and choices that affect your life as well as the city's.

It's a terrible way to lose. You get down 5-4 with a minute left and score a goal. That's a read more

It's a terrible way to lose. You get down 5-4 with a minute left and score a goal. That's a good way to get a point but a bad way to lose.

It was beautiful here, and the people were so nice. Even the food was more like home, with the rice read more

It was beautiful here, and the people were so nice. Even the food was more like home, with the rice and the sushi.

They were moving out of there pretty fast, ... I figured they were up to no good. I was just read more

They were moving out of there pretty fast, ... I figured they were up to no good. I was just trying to get out of their way. They hit the back of my car, fishtailed and then they rolled it.

Taft's encouragement of McKenna's resignation illustrates how effective procedural pressure exerted by a chief justice can be. With the concurrence read more

Taft's encouragement of McKenna's resignation illustrates how effective procedural pressure exerted by a chief justice can be. With the concurrence of his colleagues, Taft was able to steer important opinions away from McKenna until he was able to persuade him to leave.