Daniel J. Boorstin
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BERNSTEIN As Gabe continued to speak, he sounded to be a cheerful and intelligent person, two attributes I hav... DANIEL J. RICE One thing I would say is real cops have real gallows senses of humor and make incredibly funny and i... DANIEL J. GOOR He never cared too much for parties or people, but misanthropy could easily be cured by several alco... DANIEL J. RICE There were a bunch of things we really liked right off the bat about a police precinct. We loved how... DANIEL J. GOOR I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year a... DANIEL J. EVANS But I decided I wanted more education and I had to make a choice between starting law school, which ... DANIEL J. EVANS Actually, as that first association continued, we got a little more legitimate. In those days, they ... DANIEL J. EVANS They cannot land at the helicopter pad at the hospital. That is flooded. They are landing on a parki... DANIEL J. WOLTERMAN Sometimes I feel like I’m losing my mind,” she said with a hintDANIEL J. RICE And then, when I went into the Navy, there was no choice. You took about half of the hours during yo... DANIEL J. EVANS We get trapped in power struggles. When our kids feel backed into a corner, they instinctually fight... DANIEL J. SIEGEL ...returning to nature has been a dream present in the minds of every generation since mankind first... DANIEL J. RICE The past and the future were starlight, seemingly so close, but forever out of reach. DANIEL J. RICE The only kind of movement you could make in the Navy was to be a platoon leader or one of those kind... DANIEL J. EVANS What never fails inside the mind of an intellectual never works outside the confines of his head. Th... DANIEL J. FLYNN Music may be the activity that prepared our pre-human ancestors for speech communication and for the... DANIEL J. 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EVANS I didn't take very much part in activities on campus at that time. DANIEL J. EVANS Then I came back and restarted at the UW that fall. DANIEL J. EVANS I stayed in the Navy until July of 1946. DANIEL J. EVANS I was always good at math and science and physics. DANIEL J. EVANS When it came time to go to the University, it was during the war. DANIEL J. EVANS I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948. DANIEL J. EVANS Andy Samberg and Chelsea Peretti went to kindergarten together. For real. DANIEL J. GOOR We had a big party that night and everybody went around gathering results from various precincts and... DANIEL J. EVANS I really got to a point where I thought maybe I would want to be involved politically. DANIEL J. EVANS I got called back into the Navy during the Korean War. DANIEL J. EVANS J. J. WATT J. J. WATT J. J. WATT J. J. WATT J. J. WATT J. J. WATT J. J. WATT J. J. WATT J. J. WATT J. J. WATT J. J. WATT J. J. WATT J. J. WATT J. J. WATT J. J. WATT J. 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