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...importing those. If you would just commit to only buying local apples, that would make a huge impact. The Northeast Organic Farmers' Association of Maine did a study. If families spent just spent $10 a week on local produce during the six-month growing season in Maine, [farmers] would retain $100 million in revenue every year. So it's very powerful just to make a small effort. Once you do it a little bit at a time, the flavor really hooks...
What I marvel at, what gives me such hope, is that this man could overcome depression, self-doubt and the constraints of biography and not only act decisively but retain his humanity. Like a figure from the Old Testament, he wandered the earth, making mistakes, loving his family but causing them pain, despairing over the course of events, trying to divine God's will. He did not know how things would turn out, but he did his best...
...colleagues who worked themselves to the point of exhaustion, Lincoln understood the importance of finding ways to relax. In the evenings, he regularly entertained friends by reading aloud from Shakespeare, sharing a favorite poem or telling a few of his inexhaustible stories. His ability to think creatively and retain an even keel was rooted in the constructive ways he would dispel worry and anxiety. In the most difficult moments of his presidency, nothing brought him more refreshment and repose than immersing himself in a play. The manager of Grover's Theatre in Washington estimated that Lincoln had come "more than...
...first time that such a marriage proposal had been made. First Interstate's Pinola, who built the regional bank to its current size through a series of daring takeover moves, reportedly approached BankAmerica with an informal merger offer last March, but the bigger bank preferred to retain its independence. Privately, many West Coast financial analysts do not think First Interstate can offer enough money to sway BankAmerica's management and board...
...taking a time-out that gave his opponent a chance to recover. When play resumed five days later, Kasparov, following the custom of changing garb after a defeat, was wearing a new, light-gray suit, and confidently played to a draw that broke Karpov's run. Because he could retain his title with a tie, Kasparov had merely to draw the next three games. But caution is not his style, and he attacked in the first part of Game 22. The next day a rapt Leningrad audience watched as officials revealed the move Kasparov had decided on before adjournment...