"Verbatim"."I couldn't even speak. I couldn't even believe that they had shown her this without my permission." --Dawn Jackson, upset that her daugher was shown a graphic abortion video in religion class at her Catholic high school (KSDK.com, Dec. 21, 2006) "Humiliating hu·mil·i·ate tr.v. hu·mil·i·at·ed, hu·mil·i·at·ing, hu·mil·i·ates To lower the pride, dignity, or self-respect of. See Synonyms at degrade. a human being in this way can only lead to increased disrespect and increased violence." --Anglican Bishop John Packer of Ripon and Leeds, on Saddam Hussein's execution, responding to a fellow bishop's claim that Hussein had "forfeited his right to life" (U.K. Telegraph, Jan. 2, 2007) "The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that." --Televangelist Pat Robertson Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (born March 22 1930)[1] is a televangelist from the United States.[2] He is the founder of numerous organizations and corporations, including the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), , on his most recent personal conversation with the Almighty (Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. , Jan. 3, 2007) "I call them bulletproof Refers to extremely stable hardware and/or software that cannot be brought down no matter what unusual conditions arise. See industrial strength. bulletproof - Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely robust; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly in terms of their sensitivity to the economic cycle. They're steady performers in good times and bad." --Charles Norton, who manages the Vice Fund, which invests in alcohol, gaming, tobacco, and defense (Associated Press, Jan. 16, 2007) "The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. ." --Frosty Hardison, a Seattle father of seven, protesting the showing of Al Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, in area public schools (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Jan. 11, 2007) |
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