Word of the Day
The son of a famous father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Harvard-educated, handsome, charming, urbane, a northeastern aristocrat with all the advantages, JFK appeared to be everything LBJ was not. -- Robert Dallek, Flawed Giant
During this destruction the villagers of Bisharri relied on their ancient instinct for survival and retreated to the impregnable fortress of the mountain. -- Suheil Bushrui and Joe Jenkins, Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet