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Back in 1976, during his sophomore year at Morehouse, Lee picked up a Super- 8 camera for the first time. As the oldest of five children growing up in a middle-class section of Brooklyn, he wasn't particularly interested in movies; he loved sports. But Lee's parents were creative people who exposed their children to the arts, instilling in them a deep appreciation of culture. His father Bill Lee, a bass violinist who played with Odetta, scores all his films. His mother, who nicknamed Shelton Jackson Lee "Spike," taught black literature until her death in 1977. Reared...
...Please don't take this initiative with the inner city to mean that we plan to abandon other areas of the state," he said. "We're by no means picking on a section of the city or taking advantage of poor people and minorities...
These sources, who asked not to be identified by name, said Deborah Gore Dean has informed congressional investigators she can testify that Pierce personally ordered funding for specific projects under the Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation program. The program was briefly suspended after HUD auditors criticized the selection process and said a number of prominent Republicans had donated millions of dollars to their clients...
Pierce told the subcommittee last month he had no direct role in funding decisions in the Section 8 or any other program. Since then, however, the Wall Street Journal has reported that Pierce intervened on behalf of several associates, including a former law partner. Subcommittee members have told Pierce, who has moved back to Manhattan to resume his law and business dealings, that they want to question him again...
During the pulse-raising half-hour aerobic section of the class, there is only time for a quick "How's everything going with your (new baby, surgery, divorce, job, novel, college student)?" When the women settle to the floor to stretch tired muscles and rest racing hearts, however, the informal club comes to order...