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...also taking on distinct phenomenological proportions. Even in Arizona, in the earliest stages, with Bono's voice raggedy from overrehearsing and with the band searching for a solid connection with both the audience and one another, there was a final fusion of performer and spectator that is one mark of great rock 'n' roll. Some of the songs, especially earlier efforts, can get tongue-tied by the unwieldy ambition of their lyrics and the discursiveness of the melody line. The audience shares a devotional intensity, however, that anchors the concert as a whole experience even when the tunes range free...
Judges, Roberts noted on his Senate questionnaire, "do not have a commission to solve society's problems." He has held that view since his earliest days in government. Old memos show that as a Reagan Administration lawyer, he ardently opposed judicial meddling in divisive issues he thought were best left to lawmakers. He even wrote that Congress had the power to strip the Supreme Court of its right to hear cases that involved social issues like school prayer and abortion. When Chief Justice Warren Burger in 1983 complained of the court's heavy workload, Roberts wrote a sizzling memo, observing...
...YOUR EARLIEST GIGS WAS COVERING FRANK RIZZO, THE CONTROVERSIAL MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA, WHO YOU SAY TRIED TO GET YOU FIRED ONCE A WEEK. YET YOU CRIED WHEN HE DIED. AMONG THE PEOPLE YOU'VE COVERED, WHO WOULDN'T YOU CRY FOR? The President of Sudan. But, you know, there's almost always something good about almost anyone you meet. One of the things I learned over the years is that everyone has human frailties and needs. Take a step back from the daily give and take, and you realize they're all people with families and egos, and there...
Britain has been on al-Qaeda's target list since the group's earliest days in the 1990s; the country's appointment with terror was ensured. But now, because of the invasion of Iraq, it faces a longer and bloodier confrontation with radical Islam, as does the U.S. America has shown itself to be good at hunting terrorists. Unfortunately, by occupying Iraq, it has become even better at creating them...
...Lincoln reminded him of their talks during his depression two decades earlier. "I believe that in this measure," Lincoln said, referring to the proclamation, "my fondest hopes will be realized." Nearly two centuries after his birth, we can say with certainty that the ambition that powered Lincoln from his earliest days--the desire to establish an admirable reputation on earth so that his story could be told after he died--has been realized far beyond his fondest hopes...