J. M. Roberts
J. M. Roberts
John Morris "J. M." Roberts CBEwas a British historian, with significant published works. From 1979 to 1985 he was vice chancellor of the University of Southampton, and from 1985 to 1994, Warden of Merton College, Oxford. He was also well known as the author and presenter of the BBC TV series The Triumph of the West...
ask feed position profit
Why shouldn't I profit from it? I didn't ask to be in this position ... I would like to feed my daughter.
asked
We have never asked for anything. We need money. Cash.
animals asked coming driveway kept likeable please problem tracking until yard year
He's a likeable guy. I never had a problem with him until this happened. But about a year go, he got these animals and they were crapping all over my driveway and my yard and we were tracking it in the house. I asked him to please keep them on his land, but they kept coming over.
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When I was with Houston at the end of my career, Bob Gibson walked up to me one day when I was running in the outfield. He asked me why I didn't quit and said what a shame it was that I was ruining a great career and just trying to hang on. Years later, I saw Gibson trying to do the same thing.
ask happy
They are doing what we ask them to do. I am really happy for them.
asking community hope leaders people sleeping
We hope to have about 100 people sleeping out. We're asking for community leaders to participate.
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I have a problem asking shareholders to vote for someone who has no intention of serving a full term. If I thought the search would take more than a year, that would be another situation.
ball defending early good half job led plays second staying turned
I thought we did a good job in the first half of staying with them, making plays when we had to make plays and defending pretty well. I thought in the second half we turned the ball over too much early and that led to baskets.
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I think we will open a portion of the Alaskan wildlife refuge (the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) to drilling, ... And we absolutely must address the need for additional refining capacity.
fortunate win
I think we were fortunate to get the win tonight.
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I think what distinguishes this fair is the fact that everybody is involved -- city fathers, township trustees and the city workers even.
monitor next weeks
I think it's something we are going to have to monitor over the next two weeks to two months.
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I think this is uncharted territory. They've never had to practice during spring break, but they're happy they're going and ready to play.
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It is a very laborious process, but we feel accuracy is more important than expediency. I'm not going to apologize for taking our time and making sure we get it right.