And O'Neill's effervescent autobiography, published posthumously in 1997, is grand testament to the philosophy she espoused for her chubby imps: "Do good deeds in a funny way.
The fearless apologetics she espoused for her Islamic faith left me unnerved.
Whether Jeremy Corbyn wins the leadership election or not, the people supporting him do so for the policies he espouses and promises to work for; policies that serve the interests of ordinary people, and, incidentally, have been shown to have popular mass support.
But the policies he espouses would be devastating for the country and the planet.
They point out that after Romney erased all the sensible energy and climate policies he had as governor, today "the policies he espouses would be devastating for the country and the planet".
For another, he espouses a form of the mechanical philosophy, albeit one that departs from orthodoxy (as pronounced by Gassendi) in that God plays a significant and sustained role in determining the course of natural phenomena.
He's spent years absorbing the Apple ethos: Forstall worked with Jobs for more than a decade, first at NeXT, then at Apple after the 1997 NeXT acquisition, and he espouses Jobs' same relentless quest for perfection.
Even if Donald Trump drops out of the race, tomorrow, the fear that leads to his high poll numbers, and support for the ideas he espouses, will remain.
"Mitt Romney's speech in Florida today will be an attempt to cover up the divisive rhetoric and draconian policies he has espoused for years on immigration," Mr. Burton wrote.
His actions, they say, simply reflect the pro-business, antiregulatory philosophy that he has espoused for more than three decades, dating back to when Mr. Boehner, the son of a tavern owner, ran a small plastics company in Ohio.
