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Joe Cocker never sounded forced. Crazy, perhaps, but not forced. ”
If something is presented as a fact, it has to be correct. ”
Editorials are, obviously, pieces of opinion journalism. They are not intended to be dispassionate, balanced accountings of a news situation or issue. They present a strong and strongly argued position and do not necessarily present or even take into account the opposing position. ”
Even the king of phrasing, Frank Sinatra, did not do as well as Joe Cocker with his reinterpretation of 'Something' by George Harrison, which Sinatra called the greatest love song ever written. ”
The columnists have a very personal relationship with their readers, and the readers deserve to hear directly from the columnists. ”
Bill Clinton, who packs his own star power, has been a big draw as well as a big drag on his wife's campaign. ”
For nearly three years, President Obama devoted a great deal of effort to finding compromises with Congressional Republicans. That was futile, in my view, since those Republicans had made it clear from the day he was inaugurated in 2009 that their plan was to oppose everything he wanted and then paint him as a failed president. ”
The Apple IIc, with its 128KB of RAM, 125KB floppy drive, word processor, and spreadsheet application, did everything I could imagine a computer doing at the time. ”
My father, A. M. Rosenthal, edited the 'Times' for nearly 20 years and worked at the paper for many more. ”
Some grocery stores began using electronic scanners as early as 1976, and the devices have been in general use in American supermarkets for a decade. ”