I managed Hewlett Packard through the worst technology downturn in 25 years, the dotcom bust.
When I began to write and used a typewriter, I went through three drafts of a book before showing it to an editor.
Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.
We've gone through many different permutations of coffee-making, from grinding our own beans to the regular drip to an iced coffee maker.
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.
On the screen I saw tanks rolling through dusty streets, and fallen buildings, and forests of unfamiliar trees into which East Pakistani refugees had fled, seeking safety over the Indian border.
We're going through a period of retrenchment as the dynamics of the playing field are changing.
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.
A national security letter cannot be used to authorize eavesdropping or to read the contents of e-mail. But it does permit investigators to trace revealing paths through the private affairs of a modern digital citizen.
We provide our citizens upward mobility through economic opportunity.
Social economic problems do not exist everywhere that an economic event plays a role as cause or effect - since problems arise only where the significance of those factors is problematical and can be precisely determined only through the application of methods of social-economics.
A lot of joblessness in the black community doesn't seem to be reachable through fiscal and monetary policies. People have not been drawn into the labor market even during periods of economic recovery.
No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.
Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach.
Through trial-and-error and observable outcomes, our ancestors narrowed the field of edible mushroom candidates to just a few with remarkable, health-supporting properties.
I was experimenting with ways of creating edible objects from digital content, and I was working to three criteria: 1. They had to be delicious. 2. They had to be personalized. 3. They had to fit through a letterbox or in a mailbox. After much experiments, Boomf! There it was: photo marshmallows.
On some campuses, change is effected through nonviolent or even violent means.
I didn't set out with the notion of running for elective office; it sort of grew over time. And I honestly at times questioned if progressive change can be effected through elected office.
