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THE SHARPENED QUILL.
In the winter of 1776, John Adams read "Common Sense," an anonymous, fanatical, and brutally brilliant seventy-seven-page pamphlet that would convince the American people of what more than a decade of taxes and nearly a year of war had not: that it was nothing less than their destiny to declare independence from Britain. "The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind" was its astonishing and inspiring claim about the fate of thirteen infant colonies on the edge of the world. "The sun never shone on a cause of greater worth. 'Tis not the affair of a city, a county, a province, or a kingdom; but of a continent--of at least one-eighth part of the ...
- Thomas' pain is Gload's gain.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Willhite, Lindsey July 23, 2005 700+ words
...I think that was the biggest reason we did it: give him some rest and hopefully later in the season we can use him." Thomas' pain became Gload's gain. The 29-year-old lefty went on the disabled list April 25 with left shoulder inflammation. After...
- RUGBY UNION: Thomas' pain proves to be Owen's gain.(Sport)
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) March 4, 2005 700+ words
Michael Owen was last night appointed Wales captain for the RBS Six Nations Championship clash against Scotland at Murrayfield on March 13. The Newport Gwent Dragons No 8 will take over from full-back Gareth Thomas, who broke his thumb during last Saturday's stunning victory over France in Paris.
- Plain Old Common Sense Can Make You a Better Parent.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 28, 2007 700+ words
...surveyed Americans Reveal How Common Sense Impacts Their Lives NEENAH...28 /PRNewswire/ -- While common sense is easy to recognize but difficult...something that we take for granted. Common sense is most often expressed through...
- Common sense issue is uncommonly confusing
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Diane Crowley November 12, 1987 700+ words
Dear Readers: Can common sense can be learned, or do you have to be...have to be born with it": Dear Diane: Common sense is not common. I know highly educated people who lack basic common sense. It can't be learned; it is inborn...
- Common Sense
- Dictionary definition from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas Ellis, Elisabeth January 1, 2005 700+ words
COMMON SENSE. The common-sense philosophers of the Scottish school — including Thomas...to maintain propositions the reverse of the primary truths of common sense, doth not imply a contradiction, it only implies insanity...
- Emotional Common Sense as Constitutional Law
- Magazine article from: Vanderbilt Law Review Maroney, Terry A April 1, 2009 700+ words
...jurisprudence: reliance on what this Article coins "emotional common sense." Emotional common sense is what one unreflectively thinks she knows about emotions. A species of common sense, it seems obvious and universal to its holder-but this...
- Common sense--a key component of decision making.
- Magazine article from: AORN Journal BEYEA, SUZANNE C. NICOLL, LESLIE H. December 1, 1999 700+ words
...valid or reliable sources of information, common sense should prevail as the foundation for decision...making. Most of us assume that we use our common sense when we make decisions, but common sense is not a given. As the French philosopher...
- Got Common Sense? Scott(R) Wants You! Nationwide Search For First 'Chief Common...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 2, 2003 700+ words
...Humorist Will Rogers declared "common sense ain't so common." But SCOTT...mindful that parents are masters of common sense, has launched a nationwide search for the first Chief Common Sense Officer (CCSO) -- to serve as a...