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President George W. Bush will leave behind a legacy of Bushisms, the label stamped on the commander in chief’s original speaking style. Some of the president’s more notable malaprops and mangled statements: • “I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.” — September 2000, explaining his energy policies at an event in Michigan. • “Rarely [...] World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 28 January – 1 February 2009. I’m surprised I haven’t yet read any mention this year of Thomas Mann’s novel, The Magic Mountain, which was set in Davos. As Timothy Garton Ash wrote at The Guardian in February 2005: it “shows how the economically interdependent pre-1914 Europe, [...] -William Alvis III, of Flushing, Ohio. Possession of an unregistered firearm and cocaine distribution. -Eric Charles Blanke of Parker, Colo. Counterfeiting. -Steve Doyle Cavender of The Villages, Fla. Conspiring to import, possess, distribute and dispense marijuana. -Marie Elena Eppens of Lynden, Wash. Conspiracy [...] The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday night that it had missed repeated opportunities to discover what may be the largest financial fraud in history, a Ponzi scheme whose losses could run as high as $50 billion. The commission said it received credible allegations about the scheme at least nine years ago and will immediately open [...] |
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