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...Myers:That's a good question. It would depend on the woman. Not every woman is perfect; we all hear the horror stories of female bosses. But at that moment in 1994, I just thought no one would say these things out loud. Yet [Panetta...
...noted that in many cases where children were removed from parents, the harm and anguish were unintentional and inflicted by "well-meaning" people. There was truth in his statements, but such sentiments have been expressed many times before. To dredge them up on that particular day, at that particular moment, was mean-spirited, insensitive and showed bad judgment. Brett Jack, Sydney...
...board rate is negotiated in the winter prior to each school year, according to Martin, so at the moment, the HUDS must accommodate unforeseen changes in other ways...
...After that moment, I sat back and thought, ‘Well, I’m crazy!’ But religious questions have always dogged me in my life,” Page says. “So I decided worst case scenario, I go to divinity school and I figure out what I believe—and maybe I don’t believe anything, but at least I’ll know...
...Countless words have been devoted to the presidency, and still its dimensions remain indescribable. Two words that recur poignantly are power and loneliness. Former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta recalls a moment in 1994 that for him expresses the intersection of these burdens and the essence of the office. Bill Clinton had called for a military dictator in Haiti to step down, and the crisis had ratcheted up to the point where "the ships were moving, the Navy SEALs were on alert." Some of the most experienced statesmen in Washington "were all standing around the desk saying...