“Mitch Montgomery had been dead for nearly nine months. Those well-meaning souls who’d offered advice after my fiancé’s murder had said that, in time, I would move on with my life. Right now, all I could fathom for my future was joining him.” MysteryMondayMichigan2007January 1Chapter OneEscanaba Book:Page One: Whiteout Source: Page One: Whiteout
“I, George Bush, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the decade beginning January 1, 1990, as the Decade of the Brain.” PeopleStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedBrainUnited StatesActivityProgramDecadesOfficialsAppropriateUnited States Of AmericaCeremonyJanuaryPublic OfficialsJanuary 1 Author:George H. W. Bush
“Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.” EconomicCenturyPolicyKeysEuropeErasOur FutureSolo21st CenturyEuropean UnionJanuaryEuroEconomic PolicyJanuary 1 Author:Gerhard Schroder
“I had created sufficient age when I started out January 1, 1953, and I said, that's enough. From that time on I thought of myself as being ageless and in radiant health, and I am. I haven't gotten younger, but I see no point in getting younger. I can get along just fine as I am, and if you have learned the lessons of the seasons of life before, you really have no wish to return to a prior season of life.” IfsSaidI CanEnoughAgeWishHavensFineReturnLessonsSeasonsSufficientNo PointJanuaryRadiantSeasons Of LifeAgelessJanuary 1 Author:Peace Pilgrim
“The biggest roadblock to middle-class economic advancement is that governments confiscate more than a third of all family income. Each year the average American taxpayer works 127 days - from January 1 until May 7 - just to pay taxes.” YearsMayGovernmentPayClassEconomicMiddleTaxesThirdsAverageIncomeMiddle ClassAdvancementTaxpayersJanuaryRoadblockJanuary 1 Author:Thomas DiLorenzo
“I've lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that's a lot of folly to witness up close. Whatever confidence and optimism I felt towards the central government when I got here on January 1, 1970 has pretty much dissipated at the hands of the government.” YearsHandsGovernmentFeltOptimismWitnessFollyJanuaryCentral GovernmentJanuary 1 Author:George Will
“Following 25 children for the TV series 'Child of Our Time' has been extraordinary. The BBC's original plan was to commemorate the new millennium. What better way than to film a number of expectant mums from across the U.K.? Coming from widely different backgrounds, all were due to give birth on January 1, 2000.” WayGivingChildrenHas BeensDifferentFilmNumbersPlansTvsBirthOriginalsSeriesExtraordinaryFollowingDuesBackgroundsOur TimeMumBetter WaysJanuaryMillenniumTv SeriesDifferent BackgroundsJanuary 1 Author:Robert Winston
“We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives...not looking for flaws, but for potential.” YearsDoneWalksRoomsOur LivesOughtBalanceWalkingDrawingListsFlawsCracksNew YearJanuaryNew Years EveHappy New YearBest YearNew Year's ResolutionsNew Years ResolutionNew Year New BeginningNew Year New StartHappy New Year EveNew Years Eve InspirationalWork To Be DoneHappy New Year InspirationalFunny Happy New YearNew Year WishesHappy New Year LoveNew Year New MeInspirational New YearNew Years Eve LoveHappy New Year WishesFunny New YearsFunny New Years EveNew Years Wishes GreetingsFunny New Years ResolutionNew Year GreetingsNew Year FriendshipNew Years DayNew Year MotivationalChristian New YearSpiritual New YearNew Year LifeJanuary 1January 1st Author:Ellen Goodman
“Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential.” YearsInspirationWalksInspiringRoomsOur LivesOughtFlawsNew YearNew Years EveHappy New YearBest YearNew Year's ResolutionsNew Years ResolutionNew Year New BeginningNew Year New StartHappy New Year EveNew Years Eve InspirationalHappy New Year InspirationalFunny Happy New YearNew Year WishesHappy New Year LoveNew Year New MeOld YearInspirational New YearNew Years Eve LoveHappy New Year WishesNew Years ToastFunny New YearsNew Years Wishes GreetingsNew Year GreetingsNew Year FriendshipNew Years DayYear EndNew Year MotivationalChristian New YearSpiritual New YearNew Year LifeJanuary 1January 1st Author:Ellen Goodman
“The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not reach Texas until after the end of the Civil War almost two years later.” YearsTwoWarEndsPresidentEffectsNewsCivil WarTwo YearsTexasEnforcementAbrahamJanuaryEmancipationProclamationEmancipation ProclamationJanuary 1 Author:Corrine Brown
“Take the entire 4.5-billion-year history of the earth and scale it down to a single year, with January 1 being the origin of the earth and midnight on December 31 being the present. Until June, the only organisms were single-celled microbes, such as algae, bacteria, and amoebae. The first animal with a head did not appear until October. The first human appears on December 31. We, like all the animals and plants that have ever lived, are recent crashers at the party of life on earth.” YearsFirstsHumansEarthAnimalPartyPlantBillionsScalesOrganismsMidnightJuneOctoberDecemberJanuaryBacteriaMicrobesAlgaeJanuary 1 Author:Neil Shubin
“Government is saying to the average citizen every January 1: 'For the next five months you'll be working for us, for goals we shall determine. Is that clear? After May 5 you may look after your own needs and ambitions, but report back to us next January. Now move along.' ... If nearly half of what you make is spent by someone else, that means that half your work time is spent working for someone else. Call me a radical, but I think that comes dangerously close to being a form of indentured servitude.” IfsThinkingNeedsLooksMayMeanGovernmentMovingFormNextGoalHalfClearFiveMonthsCitizensAmbitionAverageDetermineRadicalReportsCall MeJanuaryServitudeJanuary 1 Author:Dick Armey
“On January 1, 2006, Medicare will begin to offer a prescription drug benefit, and for the first time, it will place an emphasis on preventive care and early treatment of disease.” FirstsCareDrugOffersDiseaseBenefitsFirst TimeTreatmentEmphasisPrescriptionsJanuaryMedicarePrescription DrugsJanuary 1Preventive Care Author:Michael C. Burgess