“In the 1940s, cigarettes would be shown in classy situations, endorsed by celebrities - real A-list Hollywood stars in America - the ads would make claims about tobacco quality or manufacturing science and, bizarrely, some brands had what almost amounted to health claims.” RealWould BeAmericaStarsQualitySituationHollywoodClaimsListsBrandsAdsCigaretteManufacturingTobaccoHollywood Stars Author:Peter York
“The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to America and work from there, so that they're available all the time for everyone that wants them in person.” WantPersonsAmericaMovingSituationBandEnglandAvailable Author:Bjorn Ulvaeus
“[...] There is none that disperses its control more complexly through the voting system, the work situation, the church, the family, the school, the mass media - none more successful in mollifying opposition with reforms, isolating people from one another, creating patriotic loyalty.” PeopleSchoolAmericaChurchSituationSuccessfulMediaCreatingMassLoyaltyReformOppositionVotingPatrioticMass Media Book:A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present Source: A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present
“America has become so tense and nervous it has been years since I have seen anyone sleep in church - and that is a sad situation.” YearsHas BeensFunnyAmericaChurchSleepSituationNervousTenseCan't Sleep Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“The anger that you see expressed out there in Los Angeles, in my district this evening, is a righteous anger, and it's difficult for me to say to the people, "Don't be angry." When people are angry and enraged, they do do senseless things. They do act even sometimes out of character, and that's why it is the responsibility of America to try and avoid putting people in these kinds of situations.” PeopleTryingKindSometimesCharacterAmericaDifficultResponsibilitySituationAngryEveningLos AngelesRighteousRighteous Anger Author:Maxine Waters
“The situation was, the team I was on when I got injured went down to the lower leagues. In America, they don't have that relegation, so when the team went down to the lower region, every player has his value, and they went off and sold any player who had value.” AmericaValuesSportsSituationPlayerTeamLeagueRegionsInjured Author:Claudio Reyna
“I am much more open to plural marriage than I was before, and I now support it in certain situations. I do believe it is right for some people. But our example in America today is gross abuse - I can't support it in fundamentalist compounds.” PeopleBelieveI CanTodayAmericaCertainSituationSupportExampleAbuseGrossCompoundsFundamentalistAmerica Today Author:Ginnifer Goodwin
“America is an unsolvable problem: a nation divided and deeply in hate with itself. If it was a startup, wed understand how unfixable the situation is; most of us would leave for a fresh start, and the company would fall apart. America is MySpace.” IfsProblemAmericaHateFallNationsCompanySituationDividedFalling ApartFresh Start Author:Michael Arrington
“The blues are important primarily because they contain the cultural expression and the cultural response to blacks in America and to the situation that they find themselves in. And contained in the blues is a philosophical system at work. And as part of the oral tradition, this is a way of passing along information.” WayImportantAmericaSituationInformationExpressionTraditionPhilosophicalResponsePassingPassingsOral Tradition Author:August Wilson