Harry Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admired, George C. Marshall, and won a place in Israel's history by recognizing the new state 11 minutes after it declared its independence in 1948.


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Ageism is the form of prejudice experienced most commonly by people in the UK and that seems to be t...
DOMINIC ABRAMS
Older people are seen basically as doddery but dear, and young people perhaps as clever but callous.
DOMINIC ABRAMS
Ageism is the most pervasive form of prejudice in Britain today,
DOMINIC ABRAMS
Ageism is the most pervasive form of prejudice experienced in the UK population and that seems to be...
DOMINIC ABRAMS
They played really well. We didn't execute very well. I thought we tackled poorly and we coughed the...
DICK ABRAMS
Every play was like watching a highlight film. He had a great game.
DICK ABRAMS
It was one of most amazing games I've been involved with ... We just missed a couple opportunities t...
DICK ABRAMS
Their No. 1 strength is to run the ball. They run the Wing-T, which is always difficult to defend.
DICK ABRAMS
They looked like a strong running team against Mount Vernon. They have some real talent on the line ...
DICK ABRAMS
We took a big step between Monroe and Lake. That has to continue to be competitive in our league, be...
DICK ABRAMS
Maybe for (senior quarterback Aaron) Boehme and a couple guys it's big, but most are going at it as ...
DICK ABRAMS
It is fair to say he has had a tremendous positive impact on my life and my business.
DOUGLAS ABRAMS
The Missouri Bar runs people through Constitutional curriculum. I would like to see high schools tak...
DOUGLAS ABRAMS
Too many Americans don't understand the importance of minority rights and the independent judiciary.
DOUGLAS ABRAMS
Judicial independence is the bulwark of our system. It gives life to the words of the Constitution.
DOUGLAS ABRAMS
[One of Ms. Miller's lawyers, Floyd Abrams, wrote a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyer on Thursday in what...
FLOYD ABRAMS
[Appearing on CNN's] Reliable Sources, ... I tried to get a deal a year ago. I spoke to Mr. Fitzgera...
FLOYD ABRAMS
[Appearing Sunday on CNN's] Reliable Sources, ... I tried to get a deal a year ago. I spoke to Mr. F...
FLOYD ABRAMS
[That position, Abrams said, led Miller's team to assume that Libby wasn't really keen on seeing Mil...
FLOYD ABRAMS
Today's result is overdue. Mayor Giuliani should have never started this destructive fight with the ...
FLOYD ABRAMS
I used to watch him practice. It was a sort of Jimmy Stewart style. Denis was a very soft-spoken, se...
FLOYD ABRAMS
will significantly lessen the risk of large media companies finding themselves in the situation that...
FLOYD ABRAMS
a book is allowed to criticize a holder of a trademark and mock a trademark as well.
FLOYD ABRAMS
coerced and had been required as a condition for Libby's continued employment at the White House.
FLOYD ABRAMS
Judy's view is that any purported waiver she got from anyone was not on the face of it sufficiently ...
FLOYD ABRAMS
A SOBA is a client/server application done right. It is a business application that is centered on W...
CHARLES ABRAMS
A SOBA is a client/server application done right, ... It is a business application that is centered ...
CHARLES ABRAMS
We don't think for a second the property won't be developed. We aren't naive. We just want something...
CHARLES ABRAMS
We feel strongly that Regis has been a great neighbor for a very long time. The idea is great; the t...
CHARLES ABRAMS
We've got financial professionals, we've got attorneys, real estate experts. Weston's probably the w...
CHARLES ABRAMS
A city has values as well as slums, excitement as well as conflict a personality that has not yet be...
CHARLES ABRAMS
A city is the pulsating product of the human hand and mind, reflecting man's history, his struggle f...
CHARLES ABRAMS
I think that in the end, a talk show is a very different animal.
DAN ABRAMS
When eating an elephant take one bite at a time
CREIGHTON ABRAMS
You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.
CREIGHTON ABRAMS
They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.
CREIGHTON ABRAMS
We were looking for things to do in the downtown area that would be inexpensive but have a substanti...
DAN ABRAMS
But we would like a presence for the block party we have planned for April 22,
DAN ABRAMS
A lot has been done but it's not necessarily high profile. What we are missing is some kind of high ...
DAN ABRAMS
All the work will be done by the Sierra Vista Rotary West Club.
DAN ABRAMS
The plan is to do one business every weekend in time for next spring when everything will be bloomin...
DAN ABRAMS
This is an all-out vindication for Michael Jackson and his supporters.
DAN ABRAMS