I think that reshaping the committee the way I did and getting Pat Bowlen and Jerry Richardson to become directly involved the way that Dan Rooney and Wellington Mara were in past negotiations is a real positive, ... It shows that we are serious and determined to reach out across the table, and hopefully that will be the beginning of a deal.
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Wellington knew the business, ... He knew football in and out. He knew good coaches and bad coaches, good players and bad players, and he always had an affection for coaches and players.
The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories. I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.
These are two body punches we've taken back-to-back, ... We haven't gotten over Wellington.
If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country.
You remember the Duke of Wellington was talking of the Battle of Waterloo when he said that it was not that the British soldiers were braver than the French soldiers. It was just that they were brave five minutes longer. And in our struggles sometimes that's all it takesto be brave five minutes longer, to try just a little harder, to not give up on ourselves when everything seems to beg for our defeat.
We started out as boss and player, and Wellington was almost like my father.
The new players have convinced me of their ability to compete at the next level and this is their opportunity to show that on the international stage. This starts next week in Wellington and the guys are excited at the challenge of playing in front of their home crowd.
He was unfortunate to miss out on selection for the tournament in Wellington last month but he has shown great skills and this is his opportunity to display that ability at an international level.
If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.
I had three stages of knowing Wellington Mara. He was my boss for a long time and he was a father figure. And finally, as we got older, he was my friend.
The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.
Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler would referee. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms.
For both of us. But I never questioned it, even over the years. It was the right thing to do. There are times in your life you have to make the tough decision, and this was one of those times. You know that (Giants co-owner) Wellington Mara is a strong anti-abortion guy. He told me this is one of the reasons why there shouldn't be abortions, that there are good homes for these children.
I was born on Wellington Avenue and my family that remains lives in the Lake Shore Drive area.
I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers we will settle this matter by lunch time.