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Holtzman clearly showed in the Referendum C campaign he was willing to go scorched earth. Bitter fights leave scars.


Eric Sondermann

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But Van Houten: The marks humans leave are too often scars.
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AYAD ALLAWI All that existed was the blinding imperative to not think, to leave it all behind. To have it all fa...
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BILL RITTER The common soldier showed he was quite up to the job.
LARRY RANDOLPH Eric relishes those situations. He really enjoys being in those spots where he needs to play well.
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ERIC HOFFER The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do un...
ERIC HOFFER Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
ERIC HOFFER Man is eminently a storyteller. His search for a purpose, a cause, an ideal, a mission and the like ...
ERIC HOFFER