The first thing that I really understood politically and was old enough to get was the failed assassination attempt on Reagan.
The song 'Assassins Of Youth'... 'Assassins of youths' is what they used to call drugs in the old days when they first started the anti-drug campaign. And it's kind of an anti-drug record.
Here, in this very first paragraph of the Declaration, is the assertion of the natural right of all to the ballot; for how can 'the consent of the governed' be given if the right to vote be denied?
Our names are an integral part of the faces we show to the world. If we're judged first on outward appearances, we're assessed next on our names.
When I was at the 'Philadelphia Inquirer,' I was promoted nine times in my first 13 years. I ultimately went from general assignment to beats on St. Joe's and Temple, to backup writer, to NBA writer, to NBA columnist, to, ultimately, in 2003, to general sports columns.
I fly economy. I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.
I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.
I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country.
At the same time, the Reagan Administration assured that the main elements of policymaking were in the hands of competent loyalists, thus assuring a successful launch and a highly successful first year.
I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first.
So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction came with an interest in astronomy.
For me, the very first video game I ever played would have been 'Return of the Jedi' on the Atari 2600.
I spent most of my childhood welded to my Atari 2600, until I got my first computer, a TRS-80.
He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
I met Howard Zinn in 1961, my first year at Spelman College in Atlanta. He was the tall, rangy, good-looking professor that many of the girls at Spelman swooned over.
One of the very first serious books I read when I was growing up was 'Atlas Shrugged.'
Oh, I was a big Tony Atlas fan. I think I tried to throw my first dropkick because of Tony - and almost broke my shoulder.
I am not sure why, but I have been obsessed by the Atom Bomb ever since it first happened.
The sight of the first woman in the minimal two-piece was as explosive as the detonation of the atomic bomb by the U.S. at Bikini Island in the Marshall Isles, hence the naming of the bikini.
Penn State in 1955 became the first university to be issued a federal license to operate a nuclear reactor, which it continues to use for studies in the peaceful uses of atomic energy and the training of nuclear industry personnel.
