David Hoffman
David Hoffman
Prolific journalist and author of non-fiction who is best known for his book The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy. The book, published in 2010, earned him the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth5 June 1953
CityPalo Alto, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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The Empire State Building is making a concerted effort to reclaim some of its past glory.
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I like the fact that it's a small school with very talented people and a lot of smart kids.
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I'm disappointed. Quite frankly, I've known Sarah for a year now and it's gotten a little personal. ... She's a human I like and I see her quite differently from the general picture.
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We certainly believe we meet the test (for having authority to sell at market rates), and we'll see where it goes from here.
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We've received a lot of funding from Democratic and Republican administrations. It makes for some strange bedfellows.
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Computer graphics programs enabled us to visualize these surfaces, but we couldn't bring them back into the mathematical fold. I think the information about how to solve this problem was lurking in the pictures all the time, but we just had to think about it for a long time and have the theory catch up with the evidence we had.
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The vice president is going to help move this race onto the national stage.
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The vice president coming to Everett will help move the race onto the national stage where it belongs.
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As Doug says, the people are not owned by anyone. When Doug is elected, he will serve the people.
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As city attorney, my client is the city of Monticello. The actual conflict of interest would not have arisen until the city determined to pursue action against Mr. Donaldson. Once I disclosed the potential conflict in my memorandum dated Dec. 13, the only other action I took was at the instruction of the City Council to prepare the request for an opinion from the Municipal League. Once I received Mr. Rodgers letter informing me of his disagreement with the way I framed my questions I forwarded his letter to the Municipal League.
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As a former naval captain, having the vice president out is a big honor for Doug.
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Sarah Kolb was looking straight ahead, looking frightened and not participating in any way.
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The store will take some of the bulk of work from the lunch people because we will sell some snacks as well.
I don't know where it (evidence) will lead, but I'm going to go there.