I suspect President Obama and his team understand this, which is why the White House is being very cautious. What I would like to see, of course, is genuine freedom and liberty. But this is not the same as democracy. Democracy and liberty can overlap, to be sure, but democracy also ...
Like the work that was happening simultaneously in Europe, the house employs an open spatial organization that filters light throughout the large windows. The architect used a minimalist color palette throughout the interior consisting of black, white, pale greys, and earth tones with only faint r...
It was in their house that “Paid in Full” was finished. Let Mr. Walter continue the narrative: The circumstances under which “The Easiest Way” was written are rather peculiar. When I was an advance-agent, ahead of second-class companies, the need of money caused me to write a one-...
non-white, defining Jews and Israel as white colonizer oppressors – despite the fact that none of these definitions are remotely true, and Palestinians as non-white oppressed and colonized, slowly turned their progressive, liberal constituents against anything remotely supportive of Israel, Zionism an...
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins EPOCH THREE: “THE STORY CONTINUED BY WALTER HARTRIGHT, PART IX” I left the house, feeling that Mrs. Catherick had helped me a step forward, in spite of herself. Before I had reached the turning which led out of the square, my attention was sudd...
Additionally, the family’s smart yet inexpensive Eichler house – an “everyman” modern home, with floor-to-ceiling glass walls and an open floor plan – sparked Steve’s obsessive interest in clean, elegant design. Later, in high school, Steve Jobs met Steve Wozniak; the two immediately ...
I wanted to enjoy as much sunlight as possible because my skin was turning a sickly green from being in my house for 3-4 consecutive months. My plan failed, however. I looked at the clock, and it read 12:09. I couldn’t get out of bed right away. I was tired, so I just ...
226. 1940: December 13-20 (8 days) Title: The White Column (TT) Published: March 15, 1941 It was snowing in upstate New York (chap. 1). The novel probably began on a Friday since The Shadow as Lamont Cranston arrived at a friend's house for "a weekend of winter sport" (chap. ...
the actual people that they hire don’t have much experience at all if any in impact investing. They hire people who have a good reputation. They’re wonderful people. They’ve been involved in charity work for sustainability. They’ve been involved in working wi...
Produced by David Widger. Liberal use made of an earlier PG edition by Robert Rowe, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. GUY MANNERING BY SIR WALTER SCOTT GUY MANNERING OR THE ASTROLOGER LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VOLUME I. THE DEPARTURE OF THE GYPS