It was a vestige of a time they said they would sooner have left in the past.
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We would sooner have endorsed Richard Nixon—even had we known how he would later come to grief.
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Books of The Times There was a time when many women would sooner have an organ removed than declare themselves feminists, so tainted was its name.
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The attack included highlighting a 483 Washingtonian piece by Moser in which the activist and author wrote she would "sooner have my teeth pulled out without anesthesia" than live in Paris, Texas.
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She had written in 2014 that she would "sooner have her teeth pulled" than relocate to the Dallas suburb where her grandparents live — a past statement the DCCC sees as potentially disqualifying.
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On February 22nd it distributed an article she had written in 2014 for the Washingtonian, a magazine, in which she said she would "sooner have my teeth pulled out without anaesthesia" than live in Paris, Texas.
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This primary has revealed some of the fissures within the Democratic Party, after the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released an opposition memo against Moser based on a story she published in 2014 where she claimed she would "sooner have my teeth pulled out without anesthesia" than move back to Texas.
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Of one of these he wrote, "I must say that I would sooner have written my Galop di Bravura than a Sonata which is only printed to lie on the shelf like a dead weight on account deficiency of anything like idea." In 1853, on Sterndale Bennett's recommendation, Bache continued his musical education at Leipzig. He studied there with Moritz Hauptmann, acquiring the then-conventional prejudices against the music of Berlioz, Liszt and Wagner.
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But in 2010, he dispelled any rumors of the band breaking up, saying:"I love what I do and think that, yes, it might be tiring and complicated at times [but] we don't have any plans on disbanding any time soon". He has also turned down the idea of having a solo career, stating that "there will never be a solo record. I would sooner have another band". On February 10, 2017, Levine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the recording industry.
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Reflecting the changed mood, Conservative MP Alfred Duff Cooper wrote in a letter to The Times: > Some of us are getting rather tired of the sanctimonious attitude which > seeks to take upon our shoulders the blame for every crime committed in > Europe. If Germany had been left stronger in 1919 she would sooner have been > in a position to do what she is doing today.Gilbert, Martin Britain and > Germany Between The Wars Longmans: Bungay, 1966, p. 17. Moreover, the British government had genuinely believed in the German claim that it was only the Sudetenland that concerned it and that Germany was not seeking to dominate Europe.
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Hawke was influential in the decision to give Captain James Cook command of his first expedition that left in 1768. When at a meeting in the Royal Geographical Society it was suggested that a civilian should lead the expedition Hawke is supposed to have remarked that, he would sooner have his right hand cut off than allow this to happen. Cook named a series of prominent places that he came across in the 'New World' after Hawke as a sign of his gratitude. Hawke was created Baron Hawke "of Towton" (in which Yorkshire parish was situated his residence of Scarthingwell Hall, inherited by his wifeHistory of Parliament biography) on 20 May 1776.
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Thus he argued: > If I had been a Jew and had seen such dolts and blockheads govern and teach > the Christian faith, I would sooner have become a hog than a Christian. They > have dealt with the Jews as if they were dogs rather than human beings; they > have done little else than deride them and seize their property. When they > baptize them they show them nothing of Christian doctrine or life, but only > subject them to popishness and mockery...If the apostles, who also were > Jews, had dealt with us Gentiles as we Gentiles deal with the Jews, there > would never have been a Christian among the Gentiles ... When we are > inclined to boast of our position [as Christians] we should remember that we > are but Gentiles, while the Jews are of the lineage of Christ. We are aliens > and in-laws; they are blood relatives, cousins, and brothers of our Lord.
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