Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.

Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.

Although we as Muslims hold freedom of speech as one of the unalienable rights of human beings, we believe that read more

Although we as Muslims hold freedom of speech as one of the unalienable rights of human beings, we believe that press has the utmost responsibility to exercise restraint when it comes to the basic beliefs of human beings.

We've essentially doubled our population, doubled our load, over the last 23 years. Yet we have not added any new read more

We've essentially doubled our population, doubled our load, over the last 23 years. Yet we have not added any new infrastructure to serve that, from the standpoint of transmission.

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

I got the impression the terms were coming together for them, but I don't know for sure. I think they read more

I got the impression the terms were coming together for them, but I don't know for sure. I think they are angling for an afternoon news conference. Whether it happens or not remains to be seen.

It is the poor that are hit the hardest and they have the least coping mechanisms and probably don't have read more

It is the poor that are hit the hardest and they have the least coping mechanisms and probably don't have insurance. Their homes are completely gone and they probably won't be able to rebuild and regain their livelihoods.

We didn't hit as well, but then again the weather changed a lot from our 3 p.m. game to our read more

We didn't hit as well, but then again the weather changed a lot from our 3 p.m. game to our 7:30 p.m. game. We still executed well by putting the bunt down and moving runners over. So that's getting better. And our defense played well behind Erica. So hopefully those will carry over.

I turned the house into a studio and invited over a bunch of sailors, who were actually students I'd met read more

I turned the house into a studio and invited over a bunch of sailors, who were actually students I'd met at USC. They were studying cinema to become technical cameramen. They weren't real sailors picked up off the street, but they were very happy to play these roles in my film.

[Winning his party's nomination in 2000 will be considerably easier for Gore if he can lock up the African-American vote, read more

[Winning his party's nomination in 2000 will be considerably easier for Gore if he can lock up the African-American vote, which accounts for as much as a quarter of the Democratic-primary total. So he is courting the party's most loyal voters at every opportunity. At a time when there is little federal money to spread around, Gore has championed the Administration's empowerment-zone program, which pours millions of dollars into depressed areas like inner Detroit. During the fall campaign, he visited black churches on Sundays with a rousing sermon that an aide described as] very un-Al Gore, ... The Vice President will not have any problem connecting with ethnic minorities.