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...Lord, our Heavenly Father, the high and mighty ruler of the Universe, Who dost from Thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; most heartily we beseech Thee, with Thy favor to behold and bless Thy servant, Franklin, chosen to be the President of the United States...
When disputes arise between presiding judges and their assistants, they are settled in chambers. "Sometimes there are 2-to-1 votes, but often it is one of us voting with the presiding judge," says former Civil Servant and Side Judge Patricia Jensen...
...even as it suppresses its enemies, the government treats its citizens with the fond indulgence of a grandfather. It provides free education, free health care, and, for civil servants and young farmers, free housing. It also lavishes upon its residents low-interest loans, allowing them to buy so freely that there is now one car for every four residents. Iban tribesmen are flown to Singapore if they need special medical treatment; senior government employees are given free pilgrimages to Mecca. Despite its profligate habits, Brunei still earns up to $1.5 billion more than it can spend each year. Says...
...easily able to show how worthless this proof was. If I had been a police torturer, Castro himself would have had me shot or imprisoned as soon as the revolutionaries seized power. Instead, I was promoted, and at the time of my arrest, I was a civil servant...
...television time given to Reynolds' career, especially on his own network, ABC, can be understood, in a way, in human terms. Colleagues reach for any device to say so long to a fine man. However, television, as its high priests keep insisting, is a public trust, a servant. But there was the faint echo in all of the Reynolds tribute of the television anchor fraternity telling the nation that they stand astride civilization and ride in the company of Presidents, Prime Ministers and Popes. They rule...