/* This is a speech delivered by Franklin Knight Lane in June 14, 1914. 90 years after, it is still relevant and hopefully continues to give us inspiration and meaning. It shows that while we have different roles and aspirations, we all contribute to the community we are living today. I am also enclosing this as a sample of past eloquence which we should all continue to read and be inspired. */
This morning, as I passed in on the Land Office, the Flag dropped me a most cordial salutation, and from its rippling folds I heard it say: “Good Morning, Mr. Flag Maker.”
“I beg your pardon, Old Glory,”I said, “arent’you mistaken? I am not the president of the United States, nor a member of Congress, nor even a general in the army. I am only a government clerk.”
“I greet you again, Mr. Flag Maker, “replied the gay voice, “I know you well. You are the man who worked in the swelter of yesterday (more…)
The American Dialect Society have formally reflected on new words introduced in 2005. Among them, “truthiness” which is he quality of stating concepts one wishes or believes rather to be true, rather than the facts itself.
I have been to China regularly over the last 10 years. Every visit always does not cease to amaze me. From a backward country 25 years ago, it has managed to become a roaring powerhouse. Visit their top 20 cities, and you can almost get a feeling that it looks as slick as any top Asian city. Moreover, every few months, you practically see the skyline changed.
commented that over ten years ago, you don’t need directions to go to a toilet. You only need your nose to smell your way to it. Surely, it has improved. One of the ways, as is done in a country who espoused processes on everything is to ‘grade’ the toilet, and hold it up to the grade standard.
