David Lewis
David Lewis
Controversial philosopher who made breakthroughs in the philosophy of language, mind, metaphysics, and logic.
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth28 September 1941
CityOberlin, OH
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Whether it's the courts or regional offices of executive agencies, members of Congress want some control over how things are done in their states or districts. As long as they have some influence over the picks, they like the patronage system.
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What we're most concerned about is getting things right.
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The outages were all over Arkansas but they were concentrated mostly in the southern half of the state.
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The prime minister would love to be in Melbourne watching the games, but unfortunately she has a few other things on her mind.
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Administration jobs are a way of rewarding campaign workers and, in more recent years, people who raise a lot of money. All presidents appoint cronies. The difference is that not all of them are publicly exposed the way Michael Brown was.
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It was not something they had to worry about setting up or something they had to worry about monitoring.
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The medium does convey a large part of the message. There is a ladder of emotional temperature attached to communications, and e-mail tend to the coldest of the lot.