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Perhaps the harshest line of questioning came from Graham, who, citing unnamed sources in a lawyer's almanac, alleged that Sotomayor had a reputation for being temperamental. "Here's what they said about you: 'She's a terror on the bench. She's temperamental, excitable, she seems angry. She's overall aggressive, not very judicial. She does not have a very good temperament. She abuses lawyers.'" Graham recounted. "When you look at the evaluation of the judges on the Second Circuit, you stand out like a sore thumb in terms of your temperament. What is your answer to these criticisms...
Though Franklin’s keen mind might immediately produce an aphorism from Poor Richard’s Almanac on the collapse of Wall Street in October, one of the other guests lingering at the table might be left utterly befuddled by the cataclysmic events of our time. Adam Smith, founder of free market economics, might query his own writings from The Wealth of Nations regarding government intervention in capitalism. When asked by the waiter for his order, the eccentric Smith replies with a knowing smile: perseverance. But it is plausible that the confusion of our economic meltdown would lead...
...think I came here to be a potted plant." -Replying to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's remark, made in January 2007, that Gregg was "the designated 'see-if-we-can-mess-up-the-legislation' guy this year." Almanac of American Politics...
...Still, some politically savvy Shanghai astrologers are taking heart from history, even if the markets haven't performed well in previous cow cycles. One almanac available at a local bookstore lists the geopolitical glories associated with previous oxen years, chief among them 1949 - the last time the Ox that came stomping through town was an earth creature. That, of course, was the year China's Communist Party triumphed over its enemies and founded the People's Republic...
...Norris McWhirter quit editing the book in the mid-1980s). Record holders receive certificates from Guinness, though not all records are selected for inclusion in the book, which receives some 65,000 record claims every year. Rights to the book, which has evolved from an almanac into a glossy, hard-cover item replete with a holographic cover, 3D images and a gatefold, were acquired in February by the Jim Pattison Group, a conglomerate that also owns "Ripley's Believe...