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...climb up the show-biz ladder had few missteps. He moved to Chicago and began honing a stand-up act in comedy clubs. "Even then he seemed to have something extra," says Art Gore, a friend from those days. "He had a rapport with the people; he could adjust his comedy to fit the audience in the club." In 1979 singer Nancy Wilson hired Hall to emcee her stage show in Chicago. When she arrived late, he had to improvise with the audience for 20 minutes. It went well, and Wilson hired him as her regular warm-up act. Hall...
...that we're fighting for the crumbs, but when you're very, very hungry, the crumbs mean a lot to you," he said. "Blacks look at the Hispanic community and say, `Here comes another white group, maybe not as white. They're going up to move up the socioeconomic ladder and we'll be left behind...
THAT'S why I wish my activist friends would get the news. Rent control hurts the most vulnerable members of society for the benefit of a few people who get "a good deal" on their rents. It's the classic example of the "pull-up-the-ladder syndrome," as Washington Monthly editor Charles Peters calls psuedo-liberal programs that hurt the folks at the bottom...
...while the others watched mom make their beds and contemplated room size and closet space, I selected my room based strictly on lower-bunk availability. Top bunks are not my friends. Have you ever tried climbing up a ladder after a 3 a.m. drinking binge...
...Foley moved onto the first rung of the leadership ladder when he was elected chairman of the Democratic caucus. In one of those "accidents" of his career, he was chosen as House whip soon after, when Tip O'Neill's first two choices were not available. As whip, Foley added to his formidable reputation as a coalition builder, which helped him win the majority leader post when Wright climbed to the Speaker's chair...