... founded to remove “gobbledygook, jargon and misleading information” from public communications, such as political speeches and advertisements. Every few years, they announce their Foot in Mouth awards for public figures, especially politicians, who have questionable communication skills. Boris Johnson, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has won the Foot in Mouth award twice. In 2016, he won for this unfortunate statement: “Brexit means Brexit and we’re going to make a Titanic success ...
... consideration to these blinding specks. Stimulants To Ego Consider, for instance, the stimulation they may provide for one’s ego. Boris Pasternak has one of his characters describing another. He says of her, "She’s a bit affected. There is something ... lamely can ye mark How far perhaps they rue it.8 When Helen Keller was still quite young, she read Macaulay’s Life Of Samuel Johnson. She said that her heart went out "to the lonely man who ate the bread of affliction in Grub Street, and yet, in the midst ...
... the primary way we share Christ with the world. There's a small church in Russia that is in the hometown of Russian president, Boris Yeltsin. The lay pastor of that church is Lydia Istomina. This little church wanted to show their love toward others by starting a prison ... . 3. James W. Moore, Healing Where It Hurts, (Nashville: Dimensions for Living, 1993), pp. 35-36. 4. Denise Johnson Stovall, "Call from Russia: `Shall I Baptize the Prisoners?'" The United Methodist Reporter, November 19, 1993, p. 3. 5. Max ...
