Of course, America cannot return to greatness because in its vicious inequality and bigotry, it has never been great.
"If a team is thriving, it's said to be returning to greatness, and if it's struggling, nostalgia can bring about the joy a fan clings to.
"Daniel Loeb had the vision to see Yahoo for its immense potential — the potential to return to greatness as a company and the potential to deliver significant shareholder value," Ms. Mayer said in a statement.
If I'm right, then the Oilers should be the next Canadian team to win a Cup, and soon; if the Oilers don't return to greatness, pronto, then this theory will be shown to be utterly, completely wrong.
Instead, Rice offered perhaps the best speech on the country's problems since Lehman collapsed in late 2008, an acknowledgement that the country had stumbled badly and been bruised but was more than capable of picking itself back up and returning to greatness.
GM, in order to return to greatness, needs to work on each of these things, which they have shown an ability to do.
But I'm still not certain it should be the end of the changes if Microsoft really hopes to return to greatness.
"Daniel Loeb had the vision to see Yahoo for its immense potential – the potential to return to greatness as a company and the potential to deliver significant shareholder value," said Mayer in a statement.
Nothing less than a return to greatness and a national profile on par with Duke and North Carolina was demanded, a brutal standard.
RETURN TO GREATNESS: How America Lost Its Sense of Purpose and What It Needs to Do to Recover It, by Alan Wolfe.
