These boards are the ones who actually have the power to do something and make something happen. And it has to be acceptable to the state and the county library association.

The only solution that seemed to offer an ongoing solution to the problem was joining the three libraries together. If we were one library with three buildings, in the statistical sense this would make us eligible for more funding.

All three of the libraries are entering into a time, or have already been in a time, when they face reduced funding.

His was a firmly knit, muscular frame that suggested power in the broad shoulders and beyond — an inward strength,

We remain a land of great promise, but we must move on, ... humility in exercising our power around the world.

Think of your existing power as the exponent in an equation that determines the value of information. The more power you have, the more additional power you derive from the new data.