[…] official permission. He could exchange his money for any currency without any restriction or limit. He could buy goods from any other country in the world on the same terms he bought goods at […]
[…] was frightened. “Yes,” he admitted, “and I have only been this scared once before in my life—June 6, 1944.” D-Day in Eu rope. If I hadn’t known it before, our conversation confirmed that, like […]
[…] his tongue. The city of Hiroshima below was awake and vibrantly alive now, ringed by its verdant, ever-protective mountains, its gleaming and sinuous rivers, a bright and beckoning blue. The date was August 6, 1945.
[…] though she said this as if she were referring to a stash of quarters he used to buy Snickers bars from the vending ma chine at work. But for me, the money confirmed what […]
[…] alternate endings. They would take only what they needed; what they couldn’t bring or needed they would buy. They would get a translator maybe at the airport; they would rent or buy a car […]
[…] behind a split-rail fence. “It’s beautiful,” my dad said. “It’s for sale. If we had money we’d buy it.” And we climbed the fence and wandered that acre of wildflowers and ferns, ate fried […]
[…] (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1967). Joseph Smith Jr. et al., History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, edited by B. H. Roberts, 6 vols. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1902-12), 1:253.
In 1989, the Primary Association released a new songbook for Mormondom’s children, its first since 1969. Evaluating it for a professional hymnody publication, one reviewer commented: “This handsome volume’s 8V2 x 11” pages exude […]
[…] be dealt with by the several States. Power to deal with it should be conferred on the National Government” Theodore Roosevelt, “Sixth Annual Message to Congress,” December 3, 1906. Retrieved in October 2004 from http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showdoc.php?id=749&type=lckpresidenf=26.
[…] hung up the phone with the frown of a man who just learned his car was $ 3,000 sicker than he thought. “I don’t know why I should worry myself about the water on […]