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  • "They did a really thorough and detailed due diligence," said Michael Ashner , Winthrop's chief executive, in reference to the revamped stalking-horse bid.

    Trump Cuts Doral Bid Patrick Fitzgerald 2011

  • They stepped up and met their commitments in a very professional fashion, said Michael Ashner , Winthrop's chief executive, referring to the Trumps's ability to quickly present and sign an offer.

    Trump Bids to Buy Florida's Doral Resort Robbie Whelan 2011

  • This was the source of John Winthrop's 1630 declaration, "we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us," which was revived in the speeches of Ronald Reagan.

    Eamon Murphy: Theater Review: Jerusalem Eamon Murphy 2011

  • This was the source of John Winthrop's 1630 declaration, "we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us," which was revived in the speeches of Ronald Reagan.

    Eamon Murphy: Theater Review: Jerusalem Eamon Murphy 2011

  • This was the source of John Winthrop's 1630 declaration, "we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us," which was revived in the speeches of Ronald Reagan.

    Eamon Murphy: Theater Review: Jerusalem Eamon Murphy 2011

  • In New Hampshire, Mitt Romney tried to give a "Morning in America" speech, even lifting the "shining city on the hill" line fromPuritanJohn Winthrop's 1630sermon"A Model of Christian Charity."

    Jason Stanford: Mitt Romney Thinks Snidely Whiplash Was the Hero Jason Stanford 2012

  • ÂFriedman's preaching the incoherent gospel of a new anti-Jerusalem that would replace Winthrop's "shining city on a hill" with a smoldering slum in a trash-filled ravine.

    Richard (RJ) Eskow: England's Ashes - America's Future? RJ 2011

  • While there are some red-neck Americans and WASPS who bemoan "what America has come to" and sees Obama's presidency as "America's shame", their blinding bigotry and crippling prejudice disables them from seeing that Obama's phenomenal rise to prominence in the American political system is a vindication of the long-espoused libertarian and democratic values of America; it is a fulfilment of John Winthrop's City on a Hill metaphor.

    Republicans say Carter playing 'race card' 2009

  • Friedman's preaching the incoherent gospel of a new anti-Jerusalem that would replace Winthrop's "shining city on a hill" with a smoldering slum in a trash-filled ravine.

    Richard (RJ) Eskow: England's Ashes - America's Future? RJ 2011

  • This was the source of John Winthrop's 1630 declaration, "we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us," which was revived in the speeches of Ronald Reagan.

    Eamon Murphy: Theater Review: Jerusalem Eamon Murphy 2011

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