Released on Aug. 13, 1982,Fast Times at Ridgemont Highmarked a turning point in teen comedy. For perhaps the first time, the teenage misadventures - while hilarious and often ridiculous - also felt real. That’s because they were. Cameron Crowe wrote the screenplay, based on his book of t...
the idea of a finished human product not only appears presumptuous but even, in my opinion, lacks any strong appeal. Life is struggle and striving, development and growth - and analysis is one of the means that can help in this process. Certainly its positive accomplishments are important, bu...
Most people wouldn't have known about this important moment in the sport if it weren't for "Bill Dickson," the father of women's boxing. Before he passed away, he drove to Vancouver, Washington with his wife and met me in a hotel room. During this meeting, he gave me boxes of ...
Finally, I ask myself who else can help, because I know great accomplishments always take more than one person. The best athletes have coaches, the best artists have communities, and the best businesses have teams. Assembling the right people toward the right goal is a powerful, almost unstop...
Washington operates on a two-year budget, and the clock starts on the new fiscal cycle July 1 of odd years. The short even-year session is when lawmakers meet to update the budget. Advertising Skip Ad Skip Ad Skip Ad In the two months ahead, legislators are ...
Without virtue, and without integrity, the finest talents and the most brilliant accomplishments can never gain the respect, and conciliate the esteem, of the truly valuable part of mankind. —George Washington 25 I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an art...
As a small business owner in the Washington, DC, area who worked from home long before the pandemic, I often found it challenging to maintain connections and see all the people I wanted. So, four years ago, I took what was, at the time, a very small step to change this. ...
Means that their quality as a president is rated not only by what they did but how their time...
Harbaugh, who has played and coached at the college and professional levels, made his organized labor pitch after Michigan’s 34-13 victory against the University of Washington Huskies, the team’s first national title in more than 25 years. ...
You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington. —Grace Hopper 57 Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned. —Harold Geneen ...