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...represent your father, his rank, and his country.” Underwood said he felt a lot of pressure but that it kept him from being intimidated by people of another race.Having the desire to act from early on in childhood, Underwood attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh to study theatre, but could not afford to stay so he went to New York to pursue acting. A professor put him in touch with an agent and, after only two days in New York, Underwood got a walk-on part in “The Cosby Show...
...know about him: he had back problems; he could hardly walk; he was a doctor who served in the Second World War; he was something of a philanderer. He raised my mother and her sister as Reform Jews in Squirrel Hill, sort of like the Boca Raton of Pittsburgh. They belonged to a Jewish country club where they celebrated the holidays. Mom and Dad decided to raise my sister and me as Jews, saddling us with a rich tradition of good jokes and gefilte fish and guilt. Another thing I know about him: he had a Masonic funeral. My sister...
...tough race; polls already show he trails the likely Democratic nominee, longtime Baltimore Congressman Ben Cardin. Still, Steele will have company: the GOP hopes to have several African-Americans on the ballot in Maryland, and at least two gubernatorial candidates, Kenneth Blackwell in Ohio and Lynn Swann, the ex-Pittsburgh Steelers receiver, in Pennsylvania. Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman says those candidates will help as the party seeks to win black voters by showing blacks they are a part of the Republican Party: "Inclusion means you get candidates like Michael Steele...
...police plan had enough assets to cover only 59% of promised retirement checks. That was after the city had sold $1.2 billion in pension-obligation bonds in 1999, the equivalent of paying your mortgage with a credit card. At the other end of the state, Pittsburgh was in even worse shape. In 2003, the police pension plan had enough assets to cover just 33% of promised retirement pay. That, too, was after Pittsburgh peddled $302 million in pension-obligation bonds between 1996 and 1998. In the end, taxpayers in both cities will have to pick up the tab. The place...
...Seattle. In the year before his death, Wilson saw the debut of Radio Golf, the last of his 10-play cycle, one for each decade, on the black experience and African-Americans' struggles with the legacy of slavery in 20th century America. Most of his works were set in Pittsburgh, his childhood hometown. While some critics faulted his plays for what they saw as a crippling focus on race, most hailed Wilson's unerring ear for dialogue and emotion. The undercurrent of social protest that defined his works was also part of Wilson's offstage life?he argued...