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...prepared. If the people want me to run as their servant, then I will do everything I can to give them a world-class campaign. Now, please don't translate that into "Perot pledges to spend 200 million bucks." I never pledged to spend 100 million bucks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Ross Perot | 5/25/1992 | See Source »

Some responses came immediately. Some took weeks. The ones addressed "Dear Applicant," offered the least hope. They were always very standard four-line letters saying. "Thank you for your letter and resume. Unfortunately, we have no openings for ___ (insert noun for indentured servant) at this time. We will your resume in our active file and if a position becomes available we will contact you. Thank you for your interest in ___ (insert long, WASPy, firm name, i.e. MacKenzie, Brackman, Cheney and Becker--'I'm not really a paralegal, but I play...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Yes, You've Been Negged | 4/18/1992 | See Source »

...play centers even more closely than the film around Salieri himself and his frustration with God's refusal of his bargain in favor of an immoral brat. Salieri's God is an angry deity, a scornful, faceless presence in the action of the play who mocks his servant with Mozart's high-pitched giggle...

Author: By John D. Shepherd, | Title: After the Party: Mozart Revisited, Man and Music | 4/9/1992 | See Source »

...Gomes has been a loyal servant of this community for over two decades. These allegations, which were first made about four years ago, were thoroughly investigated at that time as part of a broader review of Memorial Church management and financial practices. The conclusion of the review was clear: Rev. Gomes did not violate the trust which the University has placed in him. His actions and decisions were directed toward furthering the interests of Memorial Church and the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Text of Statement From Vice President Daniel Steiner '54 | 3/19/1992 | See Source »

...prose, however, is a subtle and sensitive mind that can lead the reader, patiently, into complexity: "In Gaudi one sees flourishing the egotism achieved by those who think they have stepped beyond the bounds of the mere ego and identified themselves with nature, becoming God's humble servant but copying their employer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Story of Vim and Rigor | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

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