“You travel across the country, you visit departments, you give talks, you talk about the work at your laboratory - what's going on, what the opportunities are there - you talk about your own research.” GivingCountryOpportunityResearchDepartmentLaboratory Author:Frank Press
“Obama's Justice Department has also targeted Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Sheriff Joe bills himself as America's Toughest Sheriff for good reason. Maricopa County is responsible for one out of every four deportations in the country.” CountryReasonAmericaJusticeFourResponsibleBillsDepartmentCountySheriffsDeportationSheriff Joe Arpaio Author:Russell Pearce
“Harvard produces leaders. People with Harvard degrees go on to become administrators in high-level positions in state educational departments and in public schools around the country.” PeopleCountryStatesSchoolLevelsLeaderPositionProduceGoes OnDegreesEducationalDepartmentPublic SchoolHarvardHigh LevelAdministrators Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“Nonetheless, the research budgets of the Department of Defense are under enormous stress-and they are extremely important because they support more than 40 percent of all federal funding for engineering schools across the country. So the threat was and is real.” ImportantRealCountrySchoolSupportResearchPercentStressThreatDefenseEnormousBudgetsDepartmentEngineeringFunding Author:Charles M. Vest
“Not one of the investigations for civil rights violations that Eric Holder brought on behalf of the Department of Justice, resulted in any charges against any of these individuals, not one. I'm not saying investigations shouldn't be brought. But you must bring them responsibly and not create more panic, more fear, more anxiety across this country.” CountryIndividualJusticeRightsAnxietyCivil RightsDepartmentPanicInvestigationBehalfViolationEric Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“The problem ... is that we have run out of dinosaurs to form oil with. Scientists working for the Department of Energy have tried to form oil using other animals; they've piled thousands of tons of sand and Middle Eastern countries on top of cows, raccoons, haddock, laboratory rats, etc., but so far all they have managed to do is run up an enormous bulldozer-rental bill and anger a lot of Middle Eastern persons. None of the animals turned into oil, although most of the laboratory rats developed cancer.” PersonsCountryProblemRunningFormEnergyAnimalMiddleHumorousScientistBillsCancerOilEnormousDepartmentSandEtcCowsRatsEasternLaboratoryDinosaursRaccoonsBulldozers Author:Dave Barry
“I got the breaks. Starting from nowhere in the corn belt, I helped edit a country weekly, then was jack-of-all-departments on an obscure daily, so that when I arrived in a big city everything I tackled in the line of column conducting and syndicate peddling and playwriting had to bring promotion, because I had no social standing which could be endangered, no reputation to toss away and no pride which might suffer a setback. Everything I acquired had to be velvet. You cannot lose your silver spoon if you are brought up on pewter.” IfsCountryBigsMightSufferingSocialLosesLinesCitiesBreakPrideStandingStartingReputationDepartmentSilverObscureBeltsPromotionCornColumnsSetbackEditsSpoonsTossVelvetConductingBig CitiesPlaywritingSilver SpoonsSyndicatePeddlingPewter Author:George Ade