Jim Murphy
Jim Murphy
James Francis "Jim" Murphyis a former Scottish Labour Party politician who was the Leader of the Scottish Labour Party between 2014 and 2015 and was the Member of Parliamentfor East Renfrewshirefrom 1997 until 2015...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth25 September 1947
CountryUnited States of America
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History often reads as a hard and grim experience. But people are remarkably resilient and funny, even when the going is very hard.
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I don't think many of us face the same sort of physical adventures our ancestors did, at least not on a daily basis.
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A move to a different town or school gives us new places to explore, new people to meet; a lost pet means we have to organize a careful search; baby-sitting requires looking out for dangers a young child can't foresee; a car crash or fire demands that we get help immediately.
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He'll help us a lot, not just because what he can do but he gives us a lot more confidence. He's a great defender. He's just fearless. I think he's got his mobility back.
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He's a special kid. He's someone to be looked at down the road.
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Issues like public safety and economic development are important to me and ones I have had some success on here in this community for some time. When you send someone to Austin, you want to send someone who has done these things and knows how they work.
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There is no politics, we are just a bunch of friends that love to ride and want to help out others in the community.
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There are a number of things everyone can do to help protect whales.
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We've met with the University of Arizona and Raytheon and they're very supportive of what we're doing. They recognize that the population is aging and, if you look at the projections, there simply won't be enough workers for the jobs we'll have. So, it makes sense to turn to the age-50-plus workforce.
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We're very quick to tell the kids that we have nothing against the guys in the field. I'm just trying to shut off the recruiters.
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We gave him the old Willis Reed story. These kids don't know who Willis Reed is, but we basically said go out there and win it for your team. He (Blount) was a warrior.
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We will never know exactly how many women disguised themselves as men and fought in the Civil War. At the close of the hostilities, it was estimated that approximately 400 women had managed to enlist, but this number is almost certainly too low.
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We didn't even have to ask, ... They came to us and asked what they could do.
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'West To A Land Of Plenty' shows a family heading west, first on board a train, and then going into areas as yet untamed by rail by way of an ox-drawn wagon.