I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the world.
“If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.”
“Moral persuasion over a period of time makes a difference, but we shouldn't be naive to think that just because we raise it in a meeting it will make all those problems go away. It won't and it doesn't.”