effect, effect, effect . . . .

A  young woman was taken in to dinner one night by Gladstone, the distinguished British statesman, and

the following night by Disraeli, his equally distinguished opponent. Asked later what impression these

two men had made on her, she replied," When I left the room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought 

he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I  was the cleverest

woman in England!"    Princess Marie Louise

 

Angela Merkel, the aspiring new chancellor of Germany, met  with a group of experts about their fields

of interest. Tom Brussig, a Berlin novelist, said "the only way I can explain Merkel to myself is to say

that the moment she leaves the room, the motivation leaves with her."