10 Quotes & Sayings By Bill Dedman

Bill Dedman is the author of several books on the history of baseball and popular culture, most recently "The Last Days of Joe McCarthy: The Life and Times of America's Most Hated Senator" (2009). His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.

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I never bought a man who wasn't for sale. -W.A. Clark, ascribed Bill Dedman
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The colleges and other institutions of learning are going too far, in my opinion. I think 50% of those attending educational institutions, having the professions in view, would be better off with a common school education that would enable them to earn a living, rather than sit around in offices and wait for clients. W.A. Clark (MT Senator, 1901-1907) Bill Dedman
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Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure. Bill Dedman
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Federal regulations forbid delaying inspections for fracture-critical bridges like the fallen Minneapolis bridge - the kind with a lack of redundancy in design, so that a single failure in a load-bearing part can cause the entire bridge to collapse. Bill Dedman
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Companies are accustomed to dismissing employees for misuse of computers at work. Bill Dedman
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Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there's a 1 in 74, 176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage to the reactor's core, which could expose the public to radiation. No tsunami required. Bill Dedman
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In Illinois, where legislators are paid $45, 000, plus as much as $10, 000 for leadership work, about half are full-time politicians. Bill Dedman
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While the House of Blues slogan has been 'In blues we trust, ' its stages are usually filled with more reliable moneymakers - Neil Diamond and A Tribe Called Quest among them. Bill Dedman
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Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states. Bill Dedman