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2009-11-16QUOTATION OF THE DAY - [QUOTATION OF THE DAY]
"There won’t be a lot of guilt-innocence maneuverability there."
THOMAS H. DUNN, a former defense lawyer for the Army, on possible defense strategies for Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who is accused in the Nov. 5 shooting rampage at ... -
2009-11-15QUOTATION OF THE DAY - [QUOTATION OF THE DAY]
"We were approached by the lobbyist, who asked if we would be willing to enter a statement in the Congressional Record. I asked him for a draft. I tweaked a couple of words. There’s not much reason to reinvent the wheel on a Congressional Record ... -
2009-11-14QUOTATION OF THE DAY - [QUOTATION OF THE DAY]
"We got more than just a whiff. We practically tasted it with the impact."
PETER H. SCHULTZ, a professor of geological sciences at Brown University, on a satellite crash that confirmed the presence of water on the moon.... -
2009-11-13QUOTATION OF THE DAY - [QUOTATION OF THE DAY]
"He’s young. He has amazing hair. He has a great back story. He has a fantastic name. He’s the dude!"
MARTIN KAPLAN, a former movie executive and a professor at the University of Southern California, describing the conductor Gu... -
2009-11-12Angle of hope - [The Rose from Heaven]
Ammie Reddick from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was only 18 months old when she had the accident that has scarred her for life. While her mother's back was turned for a moment, the inquisitive toddler reached up to grab the flex of a hot kettle in the f...