E. B. White

E. B. White
Elwyn Brooks "E. B." White was an American writer. He was a contributor to The New Yorker magazine and a co-author of the English language style guide The Elements of Style, which is commonly known as "Strunk & White". He also wrote books for children, including Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan. Charlotte's Web was voted the top children's novel in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, an accomplishment repeated in earlier surveys...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth11 July 1899
CountryUnited States of America
These events that we are seeing in Asia, the depreciations are inherently deflationary and many of the larger U.S. companies are the ones that do have exposure within their earnings mix to Asia. Those earnings are going to be tough to grow probably over the course of the next 12 months.
I see my life as a part of the earth, a patch of ground to be cultivated. This field I have chosen to call joy. What grows in the field will be some grasses called happiness, and some called anguish, sadness, and disappointment. They are not permanent. They grow, wither and die. But the field of my being remains joyful.
China is the most dynamic country and growth opportunity in the world in almost any business. But it is not a country for the faint of heart. It is an incredibly competitive place to do business.
When people talk about cabbage production in the Winter Garden area of Texas, they're basically talking about the production in Uvalde County. Almost half of the vegetable production in the county is from cabbage, and here we grow and harvest cabbage crops almost throughout the year.
The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting.
It was profitable before, but with the additional growth, the bottom-line percentage has increased.
They've still got improvement that can be done on the credit side, where a lot of banks have already been hurt, ... Revenue growth is going to be slow but they can make earnings and have good profit growth just by not shooting themselves in the foot on the credit side.
We are just having the mix our football players with our basketball players. We are just having to some growing pains right now.
It is an honor to have Tom Daschle join our Board. We will benefit tremendously from Tom's insight and experience with economic issues, international affairs and other issues. He will be an asset to our Board as we continue to grow our real estate services franchise on a global basis.
Our growth has always been upward, but there are months when it has been almost infinitesimal. When you think that a cup of coffee is $1.50, you see why it takes a lot to see a difference.
He's feeling the pressure from the growth of the Democratic Party, ... He's probably being more diligent.
It was growing exponentially. Our only option was blocking it. There hasn't been a problem since.
Hopefully with student support we'll be able to grow it every year.
I am predicting steady and substantial growth each year. It's a niche product, but there are many niche applications out there. We're just scratching the surface.