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...that to the family. And the second point I always have to make is that when I look at the other candidates who are out there, they have had a lifelong ambition to rise in politics; they have been doing it all their lives. And to them the Holy Grail is the presidency. That has not been my driving ambition. Even though I've been called a political soldier, I am fundamentally a soldier. I have repeatedly turned down offers for appointive office and elective office because my driving ambition was just to be a good soldier. My passion...
When Cornell and fellow physicists at the JILA laboratory (formerly the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics) in Boulder, Colorado, announced their achievement in Science last week, their colleagues around the world were quick to cheer. "The term Holy Grail seems quite appropriate, given the singular importance of this discovery," wrote Oxford physicist Keith Burnett in a commentary that accompanied the report...
...when they were on the verge of winning the Cup's Challenger series. The charge was officially discounted, but the flustered New Zealanders, despite a 37-1 record in the trials, came unglued. Conner went on to thrash them and ultimately win the Cup, yacht racing's Holy Grail, back from Australia. The Aussies, perhaps, had the best take on their rival. dennis, we love you, you bastard read one dockside banner. But the Kiwis smoldered...
...first stop on the quest for the lost: the bowels of the Science Center. Tucked inside the prep room of the Science Center, down the hall that boasts "A Collection of Hysterical Scientific Instruments," lies the Holy Grail of things left behind. I was overwhelmed by three or four treasure chests filled with clothing, notebooks, and other valuables...
This was the holy grail of interactive television: true video on demand. What you want to see, when you want to see it, delivered to your TV and only your TV. And it was real. Not a "proof of concept" demo, but a working system being used in at least a handful of customers' homes...