John Williams
John Williams
John Towner Williamsis an American composer, conductor, and pianist. With a career spanning over six decades he has composed some of the most popular and recognizable film scores in cinematic history, including Jaws, the Star Wars series, Superman, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones series, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, and the first three Harry Potter films. Williams has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974, composing music for the majority of his feature films. Other notable works by Williams...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth8 February 1932
CountryUnited States of America
Obviously we're not a coastal city, but we felt (the fair) could be a nice service to the community. We saw that people on the Gulf Coast were not prepared.
I'm a little concerned. I'm going to keep any eye on it.
It was a combination of a lot of things: concerns about emerging markets, a drop in consumer confidence, and the expectation that the Fed is still tilting toward an easing.
If the anchor is facing the outside, people will play to that.
It has to be gotten rid of or reduced to encourage business.
People will learn things like emergency first aid, how to cook with no power and how to find shelter in an emergency.
I can laugh about it, but it's been very hard. One collection company was getting ready to put a lien on my house, but I was able to get that stopped. It's been a real battle.
I don't think it's likely it's going to get here, because it's got a rough row to hoe. That water is not conducive to hurricane genesis out there right now. That's cold water.
For me, there is a strong family connection to Boston and anything connected to Boston, which includes Fenway.
I know other estate agencies who used to go round with a vase of fake flowers in the back of the car. But it got a bit obvious when the same flowers kept turning up in all the details.
As I told one parent, we appreciate the generosity, but every drop of fuel that we put in a bus is fuel that could have gone in an ambulance or emergency vehicle trying to help the relief effort. Now, as we look at the news in the newspaper and on television of what's going on, to imagine an ambulance trying to help those people might run out of fuel because we're running the chess team over to Colleton County, well, to us it highlights some priorities.
There's nothing to do here on a Friday night but go to a football game. This town really revolves around football.
I do think it's inevitable that eventually the Fed is going to have to raise rates in order to slow this economy down a bit. There is a question on timing, and I think whether it's June 30 or not will depend on the numbers that we get between now and then.
I point to the outcome, the fact that we have a student who is alive and is doing better.