He knelt by the stream and, pushing his automatic pistol around on his belt to the small of his back so that it would not be wet, helowered himself with a hand on each of two boulders and drank from the stream.
Just as soon as he went from presidential hopeful to president-elect, Obama warned the nation of tough times ahead and lowered expectations that he would be the one to solve it all.
It was challenging for John Dickens to resolve himself to lowered standards once he was on his own, and he continued to spend in ways that mirrored the lifestyle he had become accustomed to.