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...that the presence and voices of James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman have influenced how America hears the voice of truth and authority [Jan. 26]. But there were others who set the stage. We cannot ignore the influence of Southern-raised black televangelists. And even more so, James Weldon Johnson's famous poem "The Creation," which is written in the black idiom: And God stepped out on space, And he looked around and said: I'm lonely-- I'll make me a world. Paul Moore, NORTH SAN JUAN, CALIF...
...where are you investing now? We were in defensive stocks all last year, and that's still the bulk of our portfolio. Johnson & Johnson, Kraft, Pfizer, Microsoft - a lot of stocks that have great positioning in the market, really strong balance sheets to weather problems, stable top line. Those sorts of stocks have stability in down markets, though that stability hurts you when things start taking off. Around the edges now, in October and November, we started adding some more aggressive names, like some of the oil guys which bounced real hard. We bought Anadarko. We bought Valero...
...contributing.”Clayton’s classmate Ermakov may have shouldered the largest burden, stepping into the top singles spot while the co-captain recovers. Ermakov dispatched Nikola Miskovic and Francisco Redondo of UAM before falling, 7-6, 7-5, to the Senators’ Michael Johnson in a hard-fought title match.While Ermakov’s quality effort has become characteristic of the standout senior, Kalfayan and Fish expressed excitement over the stellar contribution from Harvard’s freshmen.“[The rookies] played extremely well,” Kalfayan said...
...economy [CAFE] to approach that figure, but not until 2020). California requested a waiver for its own tough standards - under the Clean Air Act, the state has the right to ask to set tougher environmental rules than the Federal Government - but in an unprecedented move in December 2007, Stephen Johnson, the Bush-appointed head of the EPA, denied California's request. (Read "Obama Cleans Up After Bush...
...whenever she moves on. They include Republican railroad commissioners Michael Williams and Elizabeth Ames Jones. Hutchison's resignation would allow Perry to name her replacement, supposedly giving that person an advantage in a special election. But special elections in Texas have an unpredictable quality. In 1961, after Lyndon B. Johnson's move from the Senate to the vice presidency, Republican John Tower emerged from among 70 contenders to win a seat he went on to hold for 24 years. Then, in 1993, when Democratic U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen became Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, Governor Ann Richards...