'Peanuts' made us realize that our emotions, frustrations, hopes and dreams are common to us all, ... And as we pay tribute today to this good and humble man, let us remember that what made Sparky unique was his honesty, the strength of his character and the humor which he brought to his work and to his life. |
. . . That's what my work is about, the collapse of everything, of meaning, of language, of values, of art, disorder and dislocation wherever you look, entropy drowning everything in sight . . . that's what I have to go into before all my work is misunderstood and distorted and, and turned into a cartoon . . . |
. . . the waste even in a fortunate life, the isolation of a life rich in intimacy, cannot but be felt deeply, and is the central feeling of tragedy. And anything of value must accept this because it must not prostitute itself; its strength is to be prepared to waste itself, if it does not get the opportunity. |
(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness? / And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. |
[? About 80 percent of the university's enrollment comes from within Georgia.] We've sort of had a handshake agreement with the Legislature we'd stay around 80 percent, ... When you're denying admission as we did this year to 7,000 Georgians, you have to be sensitive to how many out-of-state students you have. |
[* Add Rep. Richard Baker to the list of congressional Republicans who have made unfortunate comments about hurricane victims -- although he's the first we know of from Louisiana. The Wall Street Journal's] Washington Wire ... We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did. |
[A senior Administration official says that telephone calls and e-mails exchanged between several suspected terrorists and intercepted by the U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies pointed to a plot inside the U.S. using nerve gas, poisons or radiological devices.] It wasn't just chatter, ... It was a pattern. |
[But a meeting with Bishop Robinson would exasperate conservative evangelicals and primates from the developing world who see the bishop as a satanic influence. His consecration in November 2003 was described by the conservative American Anglican Council as a] grievous day ... The devil has entered our church. |
[He was cast as Officer Johnny Sandowski in the 1993-94 ABC series,] Missing Persons. ... Daniel J. Travanti, from 'Hill Street Blues,' played the captain of the department. It lasted one season. We limped along, extended six episodes at a time, but it was fun working in Chicago [the show's locale] for a year. |
[Hence, in competition with Asians, white Australians have a fatal genetic flaw.] Western-style 'old boy' preference networks, ... are only weakly ethnic in character, and thus, permeable, making them no match for the institutionally directed, in-group solidarity or 'ethnic nepotism' practised by other groups. |
Laura Bush (1946-) |
[In Michigan, Maryland and California, according to the Washington-based Center On Education Policy, most school districts have chosen to replace teaching and administrative staffs - one of the options outlined by the law.] Right now, you're not seeing radical restructuring, ... States are being very cautious. |
[In response to their questions, Keenan told jurors they could not convict Haouari of terrorism conspiracy merely] by association ... knowing or intending that his support or resources were to be used in the preparation for or in the carrying out of the terrorist act or the concealment or escape from that act. |
[Niners safety Mike Rumph surrendered a touchdown when he took a bad angle on a deep pass to Owens. But he also leveled Owens after a 20-yard reception in the first quarter. The play was flagged, but the officials waved it off, determining the hit was legal.] It was nice - it was really nice, ... I enjoyed it. |
[O'Neill, who had a shot careen off the post again in the second half, assisted on Lara's goal to give him two for the game.] We created a lot of quality chances in the second half, ... We turned the corner a number of times and probably should have increased our margin, but I'm pleased with the way we played. |