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Rickover's timing on his nuclear power warning reminded me of Eisenhower's.
Rickover's timing on his nuclear power warning reminded me of Eisenhower's.
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Dear jk,
Gettin' there quicker than you thought, uh?
Take care. StettsComment
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Selfishness which is generally attributed to an excess of prosperity was produced here by an excess of misery - much more excusable in the latter case. The former is voluntary; the latter, almost forced: purely physical. Certainly it was a matter of life or death to stop for a single minute. In this universal desolation the stretching out of a hand to a dying comrade or leader was an admirable act of generosity. The slightest human gesture became a sublime action.
on the retreat from Moscow, from the diary of Philppe-Paul De SegurComment
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fran lebowitz: In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over Communism; in this country, capitalism over democracy.
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The nation’s major health insurers are barreling into a third year of record profits, enriched in recent months by a lingering recessionary mind-set among Americans who are postponing or forgoing medical care.
In reporting its earnings last week, Cigna, another insurer, talked about the “low level” of medical use.
Yet the companies continue to press for higher premiums, even though their reserve coffers are flush with profits and shareholders have been rewarded with new dividends.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/14/bu...ef=todayspaper
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brodsky and quaintance:
We think the will and power of politicians and policymakers are vastly inferior to natural market incentives, which is where the real power lies. The dollar will remain supreme until it and the entire global monetary system fails, and there is nothing Ben Bernanke or anyone else can do about it.Comment
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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
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