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  • in Philadelphia in the summer of 1776. As Jefferson vowed, Adams was the "colossus of independence." 3 Far from being the cold and colĀ­ orless Puritan he often perceived to be, Adams loved a joke, was fond of tobacco and alcohol, and delighted in good talk
  • lectures and conferences. Whenever he traveled to another city to speak, he inquired about out-of-print bookstores in the vicinity. He also planned his vacation trips around expeditions to rare bookstores and auctions. "I pretty well scoured the country
  • of human life and property. One of the great costs to every citizen is his loss of ease and freedom in his own neighborhood. The existence of crime and the fear of it have eroded the quality of all of our lives. Commissions have been narned to inquire
  • in what we are. Success is not always an accomplishment. It can be a state of mind ~ The qu~et dig nity of a h ome, the r el ationship of the individ ual s in that home . The continuing expression of an inquiring mind can mean more in terms of success t
  • . According to legend, Sir Christopher approached one carpenter and inquired : 11 What a re you doing? 11 1 1 1 m following the plans, stopping his hammering. ' 11 the carpenter replied, without eve n Oi a work:r.:lan pushing a ba:."row loaded
  • Subcommittee is inquiring into delays in the delivery of military supplies to NATO forces in Europe. 11/10 LBJ addresses the SWTSTC homecoming at 10:30 a.m. in Evans Auditorium. 11/12 LBJ is scheduled to address the Texas Motor Bus Association Convention
  • word of the deal reached Washington. rhe Johnson team believed that the September Dean Rusk ordered the American ambassador to The Hague to inquire of Dutch officials when the ships would sail and \ hen the title would officially pass into [North
  • vision when he had been campaigning for another Republican, at a time when the GOP had no follower in the state to speak f. "Hey, did anybody ever tell you that you look like Jim Baker?' inquired the votĀ­ er. "Yes, often," said the amused Baker. The voter
  • ." no answer here - will inquire again and about Blanco --~ "a bit of a biter. He once bit his beagle companion Him, causing quite a scare, and later sunk his teeth into Edgar* {another of the President's beagles acquired a bit later), injuring his nose so
  • ." no answer here - will inquire again and about Blanco --~ "a bit of a biter. He once bit his beagle companion Him, causing quite a scare, and later sunk his teeth into Edgar* {another of the President's beagles acquired a bit later), injuring his nose so