Quotes In the news.... "What kind of revolution is this? The Whiskey whiskey [from the Gaelic for "water of life"], spirituous liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grains, usually rye, barley, oats, wheat, or corn. Inferior whiskeys are made from potatoes, beets, and other roots. Revolution? The Hummer Revolution?"--Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, vowing to curb the import of luxury goods to his country. "Nothing is easier than to cling on to these dreams This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , and the price of awakening from them can be heavy for all of us."--Ehud Olmert, Israeli Prime Minister, opening the Knesset's winter session with positive talk of a peace deal with Palestine. "Finally they realized that this was their biggest enemy, and they took it down."--Aung Zaw, on Myanmar's military junta Noun 1. military junta - a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power junta clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp, pack - an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose shutting down the Internet to prevent the circulation of information and images about the suppression of protests."I don't want to go on too much longer, because it might cause me to laugh, and then, you know, heaven knows what we'd hear about for the next week."--Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in a speech to the American Federation of Teachers American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an affiliate of the AFL-CIO. It was formed (1916) out of the belief that the organizing of teachers should follow the model of a labor union, rather than that of a professional association. , mocking the media coverage of her "cackle". "No person that I've ever known at 20 years old was responsible enough to be a police officer."--Steve Bock Noun 1. bock - a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring bock beer lager beer, lager - a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally , whose nephew Bradley Schultz was among six people killed when 20-year-old deputy sheriff Tyler Peterson went on shooting rampage. "We have an old rule of courtesy in the US: Ladies first."--George McGover, former US Senator, endorsing Democrat Hillary Clinton for President. "There are wholly innocent explanations for anything the police may or may not have found."--Clarence Mitchell, McCann family spokesperson, dismissing new DNA tests implicating im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. Madeleine McCann's parents in her disappearance. "I was never an older-man dater kind of girl before."--Jeri Thompson, 41, on being 24 years younger than her husband, Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson. Quotes In the news 2003 Jordan Press & publishing Co. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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