. . . as she moved from table to table, endeavoring to understand the [gambling] games, she realized that either her memory was at fault or Hollywood had carelessly added an apocryphal glitter and subtracted an essential gloom. |
... Since they're attacking our troops, and we have destabilized the area, I've changed my mind and I've come to the conclusion that now is the time to start to redeploy our troops to the periphery and let the Iraqis take over, |
(Blair) isn't revealing anything that people are hiding. We had always hoped we would only use the interest, and we have gone past that, and we are concerned. But we are being as aggressive ... in finding other funding sources. |
(Clarksville) controlled the game. They played a good ballgame. We didn't play real well offensively. Defensively we did all right, but we had a couple of spots with a little bit of letdown that they were able to capitalize on. |
(It's about) how he was always quietly uncomfortable with what he was doing, but not enough to do anything about it, with (some) exception. It's a fascinating story and a wonderful case study in ethical and unethical formation. |
(On sleep) Is it just the interval of life rudely interrupted by the static of having to please the boss at home or the one at the office or is it the waking state of cosmic beings where consciousness is just a human invention? |
(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes are the conditioned reflex and the myth |
(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes are the conditioned reflex and the myth |
(Sarkozy) has shown solidarity and has made proposals. We now need to see what the prime minister is doing. In any case, Nicolas Sarkozy ... also has his analysis as an informed politician. And he will express it without doubt. |
(The Fed) would rather see slower economic growth over the next two years than the return of stagflation three or four years down the road, ... And I think they'll do everything they have to make sure we don't have stagflation. |
(The players) take losses like that hard - those last two. We talked about it this week. We feel like we let two games get away last year. We're working real hard on that, getting it to where we feel like we can finish the job. |
[Allen said the streamlining measures at his company would lower costs as compared with the last two years and lead to] significant productivity improvement. ... possible strategic acquisitions in the current industry downturn. |
[Although Love Field was the subject of many lawsuits before Congress passed the Wright Amendment,] there has been no litigation in this latest fight, ... And in the earlier litigation, why was it that Southwest won every case? |
[And E*Trade's shopping spree doesn't guarantee it will stay out of buyers' crosshairs, says Standard & Poor's Hansen.] It would make an attractive acquisition candidate to others in its industry, ... It has a strong franchise. |
Kofi Annan (1938-) |