I'm going to become a crotchety old lady.

I'm going to become a crotchety old lady.

Lead us not into temptation. Deliver us from evil. Amen.

Confidence is a psychological phenomenon, and can make seemingly capricious jumps up as well as down.

Bases that exist at the whim of mercurial regimes cannot be a foundation for America s security.

For thousands of earth years, i've been introducing people into the four corners of the galaxy... people misplaced by the vagaries of the universe.

This ability of nomads to adapt to nature's whims has a heightened validity today against the backdrop of current environmental threats and challenges.

We are less than a pawn, as the whims of the United States and its constantly changing rules compromise not only our future, but our very existence.

This barbarous act, reminiscent of another age, cynically perpetrated by military figures motivated by some unknown demon, cannot leave any human being indifferent.

We live in a world crisscrossed by borders, drawn and redrawn throughout history, chosen by fancy or caprice, and all too often defended by bloodshed.

One lesson should be that a security policy that s detached from other human concerns is no viable security policy at all. Bases that exist at the whim of mercurial regimes cannot be a foundation for America s security.

Ban, who has just marked the half way point in his five year term in office, has so far been unable to attract a large worldwide audience for his activities. This is due, in part, to stylistic reasons, but also to the vagaries of UN diplomacy.

Smuggling became a national matter prices climbed day by day the national currency was being devalued before our eyes, and banknotes were issued according to the whim of the de facto authorities unemployment is in full swing and the accumulation of wealth by illegal means is becoming the norm.