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...chemistry department, eventually taking a top post as dean—a position he would later take up again in 2006. He had once said "Deans don’t make an imprint any more than gardeners trample on flower beds," but for all the modesty of his remark, it doesn't ring quite true in retrospect...
...loved the Vineyard, loved his garden, and lived a fairly simple life,” Mrs. Huntington said, remembering her husband remark, "I can breathe again," after returning to his favored refuge after serving the Carter administration...
...into Zimbabwe now and help put this country and its struggling citizens on the road to recovery. World leaders should not wait for 2009 just because the festive season is at hand. There are many other crisis areas in the world, but someone must take seriously the remark made by Jimmy Carter: The crisis is much worse than we ever imagined. Theo Vermaak, WITBANK, SOUTH AFRICA...
...music, soccer, video games and hanging out in the hood. The emotional climax of the film comes when, angered by the behavior of two of his female students, who sit on a sort of school governing board, he tells them they're acting like "skanks." They deliberately misread his remark - no he didn't actually call them a bad name, which they take to be a synonym for "whores" - but it doesn't matter. There's a classroom confrontation with an African student who rises to their defense, blood is accidentally spilled and the boy is threatened with expulsion - which...
...chin as he pondered his own resourcefulness.“She required wot you moight call tactile persuadin’ of an intimate nature. Personally Oive never been much for females of the nonegenarian type, but Oim a pleasure adventurer is wot Oi am.” This remark induced Ollie to laugh loudly and polish off his tankard.The Stable Boy finished reading, and as he returned the letter to its envelope Ollie could see his entire body animated by his now-certain triumph. The Stable Boy’s eyes glittered wildly. The folds of his tunic began...