“For the college years we will provide scholarships to high school students of the greatest promise and greatest need and guarantee low-interest loans to students continuing their college studies.” NeedsYearsSchoolInterestEducationStudyStudentsCollegePromiseLowsHigh SchoolGuaranteesContinuingLoanScholarshipHigh School StudentsCollege Years Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
“Pending catastrophe is not an easy notion to entertain, much less sustain. Americans, moreover, have a low tolerance for doom and gloom. We are the nation of optimism, after all. We elect leaders who promise hope and change. We are the shining city on a hill. But what happens when the lights go out?” LightHappensNationsEasyMoneyCitiesLeaderPromiseLowsOptimismShiningNotionToleranceHillsCatastropheDoomGloomPendingHope And ChangeDoom And Gloom Author:Kathleen Parker
“I think that DDT holds a lot of promise. It hasn't been banned everywhere - obviously it has in the U.S. In fact, about 10 years ago, the WHO came out with a statement promoting it for public health interventions in many countries. It's cheap. It's very, very effective. We've never had an insecticide that has worked so well since. It's also safe. A lot of people don't realize that its toxicity profile for humans is low.” PeopleThinkingYearsHumansWellsCountryFactsRealizingPromiseSafeLowsYears AgoStatementsInterventionPromotingProfilePublic HealthBannedToxicityInsecticidesDdt Author:Laura Harrington
“My blood rose, mixing with my lingering fear of the unknown to drive her to a fever pitch. Her lips touched my lower neck and vertigo spun the room, burning tracings of desire to settle deep and low in me. I exhaled into the promise of more to come, calling it to me. I breathed it in like smoke, the rising passion starting a feeling of abandonment inside. I didn’t care anymore if it was right or wrong. It just was.” IfsFeelingsCareDesirePassionRoomsBloodCallingPromiseLowsRoseStartingLipsBurningSmokeSettlingRisingNecksTouchedAbandonmentFeverMixingSpunLingeringFear Of The UnknownTracingVertigoFever Pitch Author:Kim Harrison
“Deep, bone-melting pleasure surged through Kira’s subconscious as he thrust forward again, almost causing her to shout at the crash of rapture filling her. “That is what I feel when I’m inside you.” His voice was low, eyes lit up with blinding green. “And you will feel every measure of the same, I promise.” FeelsEyeVoicePleasurePromiseLowsGreenBonesCrashSubconsciousLitFillingThrustMeltingI PromiseRaptureKira Author:Jeaniene Frost
“Nick could see the gun shaking in Alan's hand now, in tight, terrified spasms. "Last night we put a magician in the river," Alan said, his voice low and intense as if he was making a promise."Maybe we should send you to join him." "You know the rules," the woman whispered. "Don't shoot the messenger." Nick interrupted, leaning down to speak in her ear. "Do they say 'Don't cut the messenger in half with your great big sword'?” IfsKnowsShouldSaidHandsBigsLastsNightSpeakVoiceHalfCuttingPromiseLowsGunRiversEarsIntenseTerrifiedMagicianLast NightShakingMessengersInterrupted Book:The Demon's Lexicon Source: The Demon's Lexicon