Word: nevers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then again, as Harry Hopkins never said, "The people are too dumb to understand...
...surprising that until now, there had never been a full biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Widely considered one of the greatest justices ever to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, Holmes wrote more than 2000 opinions for the court and lived until the ripe...
Although he was considered aloof by many and remained devoted to his wife until she died in 1929, Holmes also is portrayed at times as a tremendous flirt, particularly with women he met on trips to Europe. These many flirtations apparently never developed into any physical affairs, but Holmes' warmth is revealed through the poetry he sends across the Atlantic in his romantic letters...
...relationship, with Clare Castletown, the wife of the British Lord Castletown, was of particular importance to Holmes. Although it never advanced very far, or even seemed to tempt him with adultery, his letters to her are filled with powerful emotion. Recognizing that the letters' beauty need no explanation, Novick is content to print several pages of excerpts at the end of one chapter...
...face the music and pay the players their market value. Rather than let Nike pay Valvano $150,000 to force his players to wear Nike equipment on the court (And planes--for "team unity," according to Valvano.), let the "amateurs" endorse their own products. This plan, of course, will never happen...