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
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Even before the fire was out, neighbors began stopping by with clothing, food and other things. The firefighters even took up a collection among themselves to help get us started.
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Even if there's no damage, it's going to take at least two weeks for refineries to come back. It's at least as serious as Hurricane Ivan, which we had last year. And it took six months to get production back to normal in that case.
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I stuck it out as long as I could. I just came to a point where it took me four seconds to drop back on a five-step drop. By that time, I'm sacked.
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We have taken a couple of tough losses. We started the season 3-0, but we have been grounded a little bit. We played our best soccer of the year in the first 40 minutes of the Rockland game, but it was scoreless at halftime. We had a couple of breakdowns at the start of the second half and Rockland is a good team and they took advantage to them.
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We have taken a couple of tough losses, ... We started the season 3-0, but we have been grounded a little bit. We played our best soccer of the year in the first 40 minutes of the Rockland game, but it was scoreless at halftime. We had a couple of breakdowns at the start of the second half and Rockland is a good team and they took advantage to them.
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Students returned still in lock-down mode to give teachers an opportunity to take roll. Then, the school went into an abbreviated instructional schedule. We did what we were supposed to do. We went into lock-down. We promptly evacuated the building. And we took the extra step of making sure that all students were accounted for.
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It took two hours before I got a ride. I felt like a stranger in my own town.
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I told (my blockers) to open up a hole and I'd take it home, ... I was supposed to keep right, but I had seen a hole in the middle and I took the daylight. I'm grateful for my teammates.
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He took advantage of that (year off) and changed his body. He's a much different guy.
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