{"id":858,"date":"2006-05-13T08:18:04","date_gmt":"2006-05-13T08:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=858"},"modified":"2006-05-13T08:18:04","modified_gmt":"2006-05-13T08:18:04","slug":"2006-5-13-the-leader-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=858","title":{"rendered":"The leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">A poem in a Pakistani English textbook contains a hidden message:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The leader<br \/><\/strong><br \/>Patient and steady with all he must bear,<br \/>Ready to meet every challenge with care,<br \/>Easy in manner, yet solid as steel,<br \/>Strong in his faith, refreshingly real.<br \/>Isn&#8217;t afraid to propose what is bold,<br \/>Doesn&#8217;t conform to the usual mold,<br \/>Eyes that have foresight, for hindsight won&#8217;t do,<br \/>Never backs down when he sees what is true,<br \/>Tells it all straight, and means it all too.<br \/>Going forward and knowing he&#8217;s right,<br \/>Even when doubted for why he would fight,<br \/>Over and over he makes his case clear,<br \/>Reaching to touch the ones who won&#8217;t hear.<br \/>Growing in strength, he won&#8217;t be unnerved,<br \/>Ever assuring he&#8217;ll stand by his word.<br \/>Wanting the world to join his firm stand,<br \/>Bracing for war, but praying for peace,<br \/>Using his power so evil will cease,<br \/>So much a leader and worthy of trust,<br \/>Here stands a man who will do what he must.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t see it, go <a href=\"http:\/\/harpers.org\/RhymeScheme.html\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">A poem in a Pakistani English textbook contains a hidden message:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The leader<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nPatient and steady with all he must bear,<br \/>\nReady to meet every challenge with care,<br \/>\nEasy in manner, yet solid as steel,<br \/>\nStrong in his faith, refreshingly real.<br \/>\nIsn&#8217;t afraid to propose what is bold,<br \/>\nDoesn&#8217;t conform to the usual mold,<br \/>\nEyes that have foresight, for hindsight won&#8217;t do,<br \/>\nNever backs down when he sees what is true,<br \/>\nTells it all straight, and means it all too.<br \/>\nGoing forward and knowing he&#8217;s right,<br \/>\nEven when doubted for why he would fight,<br \/>\nOver and over he makes his case clear,<br \/>\nReaching to touch the ones who won&#8217;t hear.<br \/>\nGrowing in strength, he won&#8217;t be unnerved,<br \/>\nEver assuring he&#8217;ll stand by his word.<br \/>\nWanting the world to join his firm stand,<br \/>\nBracing for war, but praying for peace,<br \/>\nUsing his power so evil will cease,<br \/>\nSo much a leader and worthy of trust,<br \/>\nHere stands a man who will do what he must.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t see it, go <a href=\"http:\/\/harpers.org\/RhymeScheme.html\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}