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There's a good feeling about the new cabinet, especially as the reformists are still around. We need some continuity as read more
There's a good feeling about the new cabinet, especially as the reformists are still around. We need some continuity as far as reforms are concerned.
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.
You don't hit a home run with a witness who has admittedly lied for years but all of a sudden, read more
You don't hit a home run with a witness who has admittedly lied for years but all of a sudden, because he has a get-out-of jail-free card, has changed his mind. If the prosecution thinks it hit a home run they're not going to last the full nine innings.
We published six books in our first year, we're publishing nine this year, and we're scheduled to publish 12 in read more
We published six books in our first year, we're publishing nine this year, and we're scheduled to publish 12 in 2006,
China has declared its commitment to human rights and has raised expectations for the country to match its growing prosperity read more
China has declared its commitment to human rights and has raised expectations for the country to match its growing prosperity with a firm commitment to advancing human rights.
We've dropped four and it's going to be hard to keep our heads up and think that we can win read more
We've dropped four and it's going to be hard to keep our heads up and think that we can win another one.
American newspapers write about the information economy. In contrast, Europeans speak of an 'information society.' They (the Europeans) believe business read more
American newspapers write about the information economy. In contrast, Europeans speak of an 'information society.' They (the Europeans) believe business is there to be taxed, and to support the election of politicians.
They are doing this to people and it is wrong, wrong, wrong. This is an evil practice, and I want read more
They are doing this to people and it is wrong, wrong, wrong. This is an evil practice, and I want them to acknowledge it. I want them to acknowledge that what they did to me was wrong.
We're awful glad that the taxpayers and the voters will have an opportunity to vote on this. I think they'll read more
We're awful glad that the taxpayers and the voters will have an opportunity to vote on this. I think they'll grab it just like a drowning man would grab a flotation ring.