To soothe her, I heard myself making stupid jokes, babbling inanities about the weather, asking in my vague and meandering way what could be done to help her; I could not bring myself to say, plainly, Who did this to you? Choking on my only real question, I offered her my cardigan — the way you'd hand a sick person a tissue.
During our one-on-one meeting at Trump Tower, based on President-Elect Trump's reaction to the briefing and without him directly asking the question, I offered that assurance.
The only possible response to this question — and I offer it with all respect, not wishing to ruffle Ms. Simmons's formidable feathers — is: If you can't stand the melodrama, then get out of the Tyler Perry movie.
"Unlike some people, I do try to learn what's the core of any question before I offer an opinion because it's not enough to say what's wrong," she said.
And for the rest, if medical questions remain, I offer that one can talk it through with me again'.
A slightly geeky pub question, perhaps, but I offer it nonetheless.
"If you ask the question, 'When I offered students vouchers, did I make a difference in their test scores?' right now you come away saying, 'No, there's no impact,' " said David Myers of Mathematica, who was a principal investigator for the study.
Answer this question: If I offered you a million dollars to spend just 20 minutes a day working towards your goal, would those excuses still exist?
For those who are asked very personal questions about these matters, I offer something else: WITY, for What's It To You.
And this is why he ends up saying: "In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time".7.7
