The assemblywoman, Audrey I. Pheffer, said she reached the decision late Sunday night in the interest of party unity, just hours before the executive committee of the Queens Democratic Party was scheduled to convene and endorse City Councilwoman Helen M. Marshall for the job.
It's all about unity!" Two hours later you see Archie or Benji or Theo or Olly or Ralph or Buddy Bear slipping off their father's shoulders, accidentally bringing him tumbling to the ground, inadvertently causing him to both muddy his jeans and spill his pint.
There was Patrick J. Lynch, the president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, telling the crowd: "This city has heard the message of unity!" An hour later Mr. Dinkins, who has had his share of tangles with the police union, was speaking at the same lectern, praising the same candidate.
And without fail, each President-elect calls for unity in the hours after the results of the election are announced.
That it becomes a natural part of the overall experience means it's doing something right – and at no moment of my four hours with Unity do I hear a cue disappearing down an inappropriate direction.
Another stranded family was rescued after seven hours in Unity, in which one child and a rescuer were killed.
There were many factors over the next four years that helped forge Nigerian unity, but those two hours were seminal in the country's history, a critical moment of high-octane turbulence in Cumming-Bruce's otherwise smoothly unremarkable career.
"A few politically motivated opportunists chose to divide a room that for more than 48 hours sought unity in opposing the shared threat of genocide, faced not only by our Christian brothers and sisters, but our Jewish brothers and sisters and people of all other faiths and all people of good will.
Creating rituals such as a new hire Q&A session, a gong you hit when you successfully secure funding or even weekly happy hours will create unity on your team no matter the size.
"It's about two hours of work in Unity, using standard and free assets.
