Reported Pressure

Famous quotes containing the words reported and/or pressure:

    “When offense occurred, Slaughter took the trail, and seldom returned with a live prisoner. Usually he reported that he had chased the suspect “clean out of the county”; these suspects never reappeared in Tombstone—or anywhere else.”
    —Administration in the State of Ariz, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “By school age, many boys experience pressure to reveal inner feelings as humiliating. They think their mothers are saying to them, “You must be hiding something shameful.” And shucking clams is a snap compared to prying secrets out of a boy who’s decided to “clam up.””
    —Ron Taffel (20th century)