January 1, 2008


A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table.
Jean Kerr



"Mr. President, you've got bigger problems than losing me. You just lost my vote."
— Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening), The American President (1995)



No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.
James Joyce



MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1937

1936 and 1937
  • US Army Gets 1st B-17
  • 3rd Neutrality Act
  • Hindenburg Blows Up
  • Sino-Japanese War resumes
  • India National Congress wins elections
  • Royal commission calls for the partition of Palestine
  • Amelia Earhart dissapears
  • "Quarantine of Aggressors" speech
  • Somoza family gains control over Nicaragua
  • Soviet high command purged <
  • Rome-Berlin Axis announced
  • Japan sinks American gunboat Panay
    • HISTORY CENTRAL


    The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
    Napoleon Hill



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

    Eight Presidents were born British subjects: Washington, J. Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, J. Q. Adams, Jackson, and W. Harrison.



    No sooner spoken than broken.
    What is it?



    Last week I stated that this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister and now wish to withdraw that statement.



    Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.



    “New Year's Day - Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.”



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