“Antigun advocates have always faced an uphill battle in this country. Americans have, to begin with, a constitutional right to gun ownership. Today, half of American households exercise this right, owning a total of about 250 million guns; and over 99 percent of those households do so in a responsible manner. To fight for major restrictions on an item that plays such a valued part in the lives of so many people looks like a nearly impossible task. So if you're really committed to the effort, and you want to win, what do you do? Simple: You lie.” PeopleIfsWantLooksCountryPlayTodayLyingFightingWinningSimpleEffortHalfMillionsImpossibleExerciseBattleMajorsPercentGunTasksResponsibleCommittedHouseholdOwnershipItemsRestrictionUphill BattlesGun Ownership Author:Dave Kopel
“Emotional 'literacy' implies an expanded responsibility for schools in helping to socialize children. This daunting task requires two major changes: that teachers go beyond their traditional mission and that people in the community become more involved with schools as both active participants in children's learning and as individual mentors.” PeopleChildrenTwoHelpingSchoolIndividualCommunityResponsibilityTeacherEmotionalInvolvedMajorsTasksMissionsActiveTraditionalMentorLiteracyParticipantsMajor ChangeDaunting TasksEmotional Literacy Author:Daniel Goleman
“I'm the ultimate organizer! My major at Stanford was "Organizational Behavior" so I love to multi-task and stay extra busy.” BehaviorMajorsTasksUltimateBusyExtrasOrganizationalOrganizerStanford Author:Gretchen Carlson
“The Halifax area has long played a major role in Canada's military operations, being the port of departure for convoys, naval task forces and army units over the past 100 years or so.” YearsLongPastForceRolesMilitaryMajorsAreasTasksArmyOperationsCanadaUnitsOver The PastPortDepartureNavalMilitary OperationsTask ForcesHalifax Author:Willie Morris
“Among the major tasks before us none is of greater importance for our strength and stability than the task of building up the unity and solidarity of our people.” PeopleGreaterBuildingMajorsTasksImportanceUnityStabilitySolidarityBuilding Up Book:Speeches, June 1964-May 1965 Source: Speeches, June 1964-May 1965
“One of the main aims of Sharon is to prevent a Palestinian state - a real, viable, sovereign, free Palestinian state. It has been the major task of his life for the last forty years. What Sharon wants to do is "shorten the lines," in military slang. He wants to give up some positions which are untenable, or which cost too much to keep, and to withdraw to where he wants Israel to be.” WantGivingYearsHas BeensRealStatesLastsLinesToo MuchMilitaryPositionCostGiving UpMajorsTasksAimIsraelFortyPalestinianSovereignSlangSharon Author:Uri Avnery
“Why do cats sleep so much? Perhaps they've been trusted with some major cosmic task, an essential law of physics - such as: if there are less than five million cats sleeping at any one time the world will stop spinning.” IfsThinkingWorldLooksHardFactsLawSleepAnimalMillionsEssentialsMajorsTasksCatPhysicsLazyOne TimeCosmicTrustedSpinningLaws Of Physics Author:Kate Atkinson