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Wise_owl9 июня 2014 г.Читать далее...we can not dedicate–we can not consecrate–we can not hallow–this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have
consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what
they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us–that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for
which they gave the last full measure of devotion–that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain–that this nation, under God,
shall have a new birth of freedom–and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.’358
robot17 марта 2013 г.How much easier America would be to understand if it conformed simply to all our snootiest, snobbiest and most sneering expectations. Instead it does conform, but not simply. It conforms with ambiguity, contradiction and surprise. Maybe that is why I love it so.
227- robot6 марта 2013 г.
Incidentally, you may be asking yourselves whether I mean Fahrenheit or Centigrade when I write -40º. Let me cause a frown of puzzlement to crease your pure and noble brow. It makes no difference. None whatever.
Huh?
Well, it just so happens that -40º is the temperature at which Celsius and Fahrenheit exactly meet. It’s one of those things.217 - robot5 января 2013 г.
Endless free refilling or ‘bottomless coffee’ as they call it is the norm in diners all across the United States. How outraged Americans are when they come to Europe and find themselves charged for each cup.
217 - Wise_owl19 апреля 2014 г.
Where did I get that freaky accent from?
'England. Do you know where that is? '
Two of the girls look at me with eyes clouded with contempt at the thought that I should be weird enough to expect them to know where a place so unimportant might actually be. A voice pipes up from the back.
'Sure. It's on the way to New York.'116 - Wise_owl16 апреля 2014 г.
By Sunday the gutters in the streets of the French Quarter are already filled with hundreds of thousands of shiny green, gold and purple beads. Green for
faith, gold for power and purple for justice - the official colours of the New Orleans Mardi Gras.117 - robot6 апреля 2013 г.Читать далее
The obvious characteristics that we celebrate and bemoan – the brashness, the vulgarity, the worship of money, the gun obsession, the distressing religiosity, the ignorance of the rest of the world, the deafness to linguistic nuance, the lack of banter, the whining self-regard, the blame culture, the junk food and the strip malls – yes, these are all to be found, but alongside we encounter the hope, the self-belief, the optimism, the warmth, consideration, kindness, sharpness of wits, will power, pride, wry self-awareness, independence, openness, generosity and charm.
117 - robot10 марта 2013 г.
Not much time passes, then, before I catch a fish. The first I ever caught in all my life. And what a whopper. A sun fish that must have been nearly four inches from head to tail. Four whole inches. Possibly even four and a half.
116 - robot25 февраля 2013 г.
The hotel does not serve alcohol. No winding down glass of wine or warming tumbler of whiskey for Stephen. I go to bed in a very bad mood indeed.
118 - robot25 февраля 2013 г.
Owned by the city’s St Patrick Project, the idea (familiar to those of us who watched Jamie Oliver create his Fifteen restaurant in London) is to help the homeless and the addicted by giving them a skill in which they can take pride. It is not very easy to give up drink or drugs when there is nothing awaiting you the other side of addiction: the restaurant and catering trades seem to offer just the right blend of attainable skills, social interactions and high professional standards.
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