David Lewis
David Lewis
Controversial philosopher who made breakthroughs in the philosophy of language, mind, metaphysics, and logic.
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth28 September 1941
CityOberlin, OH
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I've been referring to it as a three-ring circus, but in a good way.
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In many companies that's almost part of being a team player.
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I hope this is the event that really gets somebody to look into Julian history.
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It was not something they had to worry about setting up or something they had to worry about monitoring.
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Suppliers are struggling to meet demand at the moment. It has come very late. A month or two ago, there was virtually no demand. But they've all jumped on the bandwagon in the past two or three weeks.
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It's an acute emergency, so I'd be surprised if anyone was against it.
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The resource doesn't exist, for the most part, in a company of this nature.
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This is an area known as Cancer Alley, and there's a good reason for that. Contaminants were already a problem (in local waters).
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Then all hell broke loose. Volunteers were going every which way. I started down the hill to tell all my friends and neighbors to get ready.
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Administration jobs are a way of rewarding campaign workers and, in more recent years, people who raise a lot of money. All presidents appoint cronies. The difference is that not all of them are publicly exposed the way Michael Brown was.
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The big question is: Is it too little, too late? I think in great part, yes.
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Anybody who went through the Cedar fire, they're not always prepared (to leave) but at least they get into high gear quick.
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The temperatures will affect how quickly our linemen are able to work. The wind itself is going to be blowing those tree branches around, that are already in a very precarious position.
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I can learn more from outside the business than from inside.