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...America that was more dignified, more private, an America in which standards were higher and clearer and elegance meant something, a time when elegance was a kind of statement, a way of dressing up the world, and so a generous act. She had manners, the kind that remind us that manners spring from a certain moral view -- that you do tribute to the world and the people in it by being kind and showing respect, by sending the note and the flowers, by being loyal, and cheering a friend. She was a living reminder in the age of Oprah that...
...think that Ross Perot can be seen as a man of either such extremes. I supported him in 1992 because I believed, if nothing else that it is good to shake up our lethargic two party system every now and then, so as to remind those in government that in the United States, the final say exists not in plush conference rooms but with the American public, living on this sprawling mass of land which many intellectuals seem to forget actually exists...
...Boggsie, what a third baseman. He's paying like he just fell in love, huh? They said he was through in Boston, what a joke. If he doesn't remind one of an older Brooks Robinson, I don't know what does...
...have a very young board; we have a different perspective," Goodwyn says. "And the fact that we all know each other is nice... We know our own commitments and we can remind each other of things...
Mandela: This is something we would like to do. But at the same time we don't want to be assertive and remind Africa of the days of apartheid. We would like to do things on a basis of equality with other African states and consult them on what role we should play. Leave it to them to say, "Look, we want you to play this role on this particular issue." We have a problem in that we have to improve our image as projected during the days of apartheid. We have to be very, very careful not to create...