David Hoffman
David Hoffman
Prolific journalist and author of non-fiction who is best known for his book The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy. The book, published in 2010, earned him the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth5 June 1953
CityPalo Alto, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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The store will take some of the bulk of work from the lunch people because we will sell some snacks as well.
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The civil war began when Azerbaijan shut down the Armenian-language television station. It's the same thing that precipitated the siege of Sarajevo when (former President Slobodan) Milosevic turned around the television transmitters so people didn't have access to news -- not to mention radio's infamous role in fomenting violence in Rwanda. The longer I work on media issues, the clearer it is that the free flow of information is critical to avoiding war.
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We certainly believe we meet the test (for having authority to sell at market rates), and we'll see where it goes from here.
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The vice president is going to help move this race onto the national stage.
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The vice president coming to Everett will help move the race onto the national stage where it belongs.
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Sarah Kolb was looking straight ahead, looking frightened and not participating in any way.
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Computer graphics programs enabled us to visualize these surfaces, but we couldn't bring them back into the mathematical fold. I think the information about how to solve this problem was lurking in the pictures all the time, but we just had to think about it for a long time and have the theory catch up with the evidence we had.
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We've gone from 50 to 60 bicycle commuters Downtown in 2002 to several hundred in 2005. We've also gotten lots more requests for information on cycling in the city.
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To get a group of people like that to take you seriously is a big task. I think Brian would have a much easier time of that than I did.
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Typically, what happens is there will be times when people can go across, but we don't know when those times will be. It's really sort of a safety concern, but we'll try to accommodate people who want to walk across the dam.
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I don't want to answer any questions today about any investigations. I was honored by the vote of the City Council -- that they confirmed me. I'm looking forward to getting started on Oct. 17,
I don't know where it (evidence) will lead, but I'm going to go there.
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She was scared and anxious and now she's probably as depressed as hell. That's the way I would be.
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Situated on one of the last remaining significant parcels of pristine property on the East Coast, it is not difficult to see why there has been such an intense response to North Beach.