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Lieutenant General William Boykin, the current deputy under secretary of defense for intelligence and a founding member of Delta Force, told us that "opportunities were missed because of an unwillingness to take risks and a lack of vision and understanding."
It stands on a foundation that dates back to the time of St. Ambrose (340–397), first bishop of Milan and one of the Church’s four founding fathers with Peter, Paul, and Jerome; his remains are on view in the crypt.
Lesy's text--a filled-in time line that notes such events as the founding of department stores, the rise of banks and financial institutions, and the erection of famous public monuments--creates, in combination with the pictures, a retrospective mood that isn't nostalgia but a finer, more elevated yearning.
In Ruby, founding families control the local bank and mete out justice as they see fit.
' Note: not 'the current President,' with a capital P." Also losing caps are "founding fathers" and "the king," in "God save the King."