Richard Davis

Richard Davis
Fiction writer and journalist who was the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War.
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 April 1864
choice good hear help people stand teach trying
We're trying to teach them now that if they see something, if they hear something to tell somebody. They are not in this alone. There are people out here to help them and if they'll stand up and be responsible make a good choice then they'll have a good consequence... and that there are people that will help them.
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It is totally price-driven, ... Now students are earlier adopters of technology. They know about the power of the Internet. You can compare prices within seconds.
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It's legitimate at the beginning, but it ends up with them -- the homeowner and their home -- keeping it. They're not able to.
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That in itself makes it special, and I told our kids I was proud of them. We were playing in extremely adverse conditions. This week, we lost two of our top linemen to injuries.
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It's fitting that so many of our service oriented programs and initiatives are aligning in April, when we also celebrate the 10-year anniversary of our signature Five Star Service Guarantee. It truly is the heart of our brand and symbolic of how we approach our business and the partnership we have with our customers.
continue direction program team
I want to continue to take the team in the direction that we're headed. This is a program that can win. ... I'm just going to continue to take the program in that direction.
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The use of a hospital has changed. Design factors have changed. We are simply taking new architectural design standards and incorporating them in the hospital.
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Whether we like it or not the burden is placed back on the individual investor. The current model serves those interested, savvy investors.
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What I admire most in men - To sit opposite a mirror at dinner and not look in it
expansion gonna guys hard hit short style talent teams
We're long on talent and short on experience, as many expansion teams are. We're gonna play hard and these guys play to my style because they're tough. They're gonna hit you in the mouth.
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They're a good football team, let me clarify that. They're the new kids on the block, coming off a 0-10 season, but if you look back at their scores they're not giving scores up to anybody.
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Bad luck was as much a factor as our own mistakes.
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I will assess every phase of the organization on the football side. Head coach will be the first, the coaching staff, then we'll move to the players and support staff. If I believe there were distractions, we'll address them and fix them.
coach football good
He should want to play. As good as he is a football player, he's going to be a better coach when it's all said and done.