[Chicago politicians are already denouncing the Bank of America pledge to fund Black history programs as] miniscule. ... a poor showing for an institution of this magnitude.
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Related Grameen Bank was formed as an institution owned by its borrower members, who are poor women. Through... MUHAMMAD YUNUS It's an institution. It is where all politicians that are serious politicians make it a point to com... CYNTHIA SAKULENZKI (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON These harmful cuts to vital programs are out of line with the values of working Americans and the sp... AMAYA SMITH Politicians will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout rem... HENRY LOUIS GATES The Bank of Japan has already laid out a map on how it will alter its policy framework, and financia... TAKUJI AIDA Indeed, current experimental conditions are already less than an order of magnitude away from requir... JEAN DALIBARD We have developed programs for the school children in the county and we are adding to these programs... JANET PRITCHETT The mindset of the poor;I need more college degrees to be able to make impact in life. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probab... QUINCY JONES The States is run by the Federal Reserve, an institution that answers only to itself and to a few la... MAX KEISER This history of the Pledge of Allegiance illustrates that the phrase 'under God' is a permissible ac... MATHEW STAVER I want history to remember me... not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency ... SHIRLEY CHISHOLM We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts o... DOUGLAS HURD History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The rest of the NHL teams play hockey but the Chicago Black Hawks play hawkey! JAIME CONTRERAS Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for s... ERNIE HARWELL Politicians are often tempted to deploy history as a weapon against each other. ANTONY BEEVOR Marie's loud protestations about the lack of black history celebrations in town had resulted in a sh... KAITLYN GREENIDGE Black history isn't a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, an... KARYN PARSONS In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension ... ANTHONY SAMPSON I don't think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that's what we do through organiza... BOB GELDOF I would hope that we would treat these funds as help for health-related problems for our citizens, n... MIKE HUCKABEE The only way politicians will be able to get more money to fund this under funded pension is again b... JOE SINAGRA Governments must pledge to the fund now, before the next emergency occurs. GREG PULEY This is really to give our customers greater peace of mind so they know that when they come to the B... BETTY RIESS Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but th... HENRY LOUIS GATES It's important for us to see and to know this is a part of our history, not just black history but A... JEFFERSON RUSSELL The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, a... PHILIP GOUREVITCH Something of this magnitude ? moving a congregation and selling something of this magnitude ? would ... JEANETTE DEMELO It's gonna be an historic day. The president's going to be at the ballpark, a lot of politicians, a ... BRAD WILKERSON The Smith and his penny both are black. GEORGE HERBERT America is as much a black country as a white one. The lives and destinies of the white American are... AMIRI BARAKA We are not looking for a repeat of anything of the magnitude of this weekend. CHARLES FOLEY This is an extraordinary time in our history. It will take an extraordinary effort from our leadersh... HANK BOUNDS I know for a fact they couldn't fully fund all of the programs. They had to cut back in some areas. ... ANITA CARLTON History is usually told from the top down by politicians and academics. This is history as told thro... DAVID ISAY This month, for example, we are doing a lot regarding Black History Month. JULIE BOLL It is one of our major fund-raisers. It helps fund all of the other programs we do. JANE BAILEY Maya Angelou had the ability to glean inspiration out of pain. THE PROPHET OF LIFE With the budget cuts, we felt there was a real need for an organization to focus on fund-raising pro... JANET BERRY a step of unparalleled magnitude in the recent history of Northern Ireland. TONY BLAIR Bank of America is performing in ways that we would like to see throughout the American private sect... ADAM MARKHAM The mainstream media choose to flaunt story lines that make white America appear guilty of continued... ANDREW BREITBART In America every day is Independence Day as long as we can still pray freely to Jesus and recite the... FRANCESCO NICHOLAS CECE There written all
Black as the damning drops that fall
From the denouncing Angel's pen,
... THOMAS MOORE America is a young dumb country and it needs all kinds of help. America is a dumb puppy with big tee... ABIODUN OYEWOLE [Showing Ed Walters a four-in-one pen] Louis Bamberger: Look at that--red, green, black! It's like h... IQ To black America, this is just another example of the judicial system trying to railroad an African-... LEONARD MOORE Diamonds have an image of purity and light. They are given as a pledge of love and worn as a symbol ... PETER SINGER Bedlam: an institution with a history so fearsome it gave its name to a synonym for chaos and pandem... JON RONSON Japan's labor market is showing a remarkable improvement recently and companies are eager to make ne... AKIO MAKABE Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery? TATYANA ALI There are several things that we do that this dance will help us pay for. It helps us fund certain p... CARYL RYAN It's about showing a sign of unity. Us as black folks are joining together with a strong bond to hel... CARLOS BOOZER Even though he was inside the house, I could still hear Vlad’s sardonic mutter of “Where’s a t... JEANIENE FROST May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Red' will bring a rising income stream ... (and) increased awareness of HIV in Africa and the role o... RICHARD FEACHEM Any attempt at a rational discussion of the economic realities of government-controlled medical care... THOMAS SOWELL I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. I think the kinds of programs the IMF [International Monetary Fund] is putting in place are strong p... ROBERT RUBIN If Congress is aware of the problems facing poor people in America, cuts in hunger assistance progra... TOM HARKIN [Showing Ed Walters a four-in-one pen] Louis Bamberger: Look at that--red, green, black! It's l... IQ I believe that there are certain contexts in black communities as a sign of belonging and an attempt... DAVARIAN BALDWIN I don't think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that's what we do through ... BOB GELDOF You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES We now feel strong enough to attempt a transaction of this magnitude. Through it, we will advance to... PETER MUELLER I like America; I enjoy being there. Some people can't stand the insincerity - I love the waiter... DAVID HAREWOOD The history of liberty is a history of resistance. WOODROW WILSON The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons. EDWIN POWELL HUBBLE The history of mankind is a history of war. MIKE LOVE History has been the history of warfare. GODFREY REGGIO Black Rock I believe hasnt been releasing the money of its holders the mutual fund that is of which ... APURVA GAGLANI Thanks to Blair’s catastrophically invertebrate decision to agree to a cut in Britain’s EU budge... DAVID CRAIG Sadly, it appears that the N.C. House of Representatives is for sale. It is an institution where eve... FERRELL BLOUNT We don't believe that fulfilling 65 percent of a pledge to fund the pensions fully meets the commitm... BOB MASTER Without an advocate for the poor, without a new state of mind in America, the country lies on the br... LOUIS FARRAKHAN He presented himself as the friend to Main Street America, and yet that aw-shucks persona ended up p... EUGENE JARECKI And they say She's in the class A Team Stuck in her daydream Been that way since eigh... ED SHEERAN 2010 Bank holidays are the most important public holidays and are observed across the different coun... RAHUL KUMAR The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle A... HORATIO ALGER Black America surely faces an existential crisis, but not the one imagined in the condescending news... JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER Fingers-crossed, it's going to be a good-sized pledge. I think most of the countries are aware of th... DR. DAVID NABARRO There are limits to the number of residency programs you can have in a particular field. Doctors in ... DR. MIKE HUTCHINS If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astro... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON A tragedy of this magnitude calls for the assistance of able individuals and organizations, ... As a... JEFF M. FETTIG A poor nation, but with rich politicians, shows the exceptional care of the latter for the ruling pe... MARIANA FULGER I don't think we will find out. We feel that we already do as much as we are allowed to do to stem t... ERIC MESSICK By using this fund to augment existing development programs, we can help selected countries overcome... GOBIND NANKANI Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired this t... DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America. SARAH BERNHARDT When you learn to feel the pain of an ant, you will truly learn to love this world. DEBASISH MRIDHA I hope something happens. I'm restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in l... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD This is just a slimy trick by Big Tobacco to circumvent the system. An $8 pack of cigarettes still e... ANNIE TEGEN Just as the Internet brought the cost of disseminating information down by an order of magnitude, bi... FRED EHRSAM The events of this week as a whole are showing the need for the Supreme Court to step in and give gu... BEN WIZNER I do not want history to record me as someone who has bequeathed to his nation the institution of de... MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK We spent $50 billion in efforts that produced the turnaround for poor women. We are not even beginni... RONALD B. MINCY Marriage is a natural and beautiful institution between a man and a woman. It's wrong for judges and... RANDY THOMASSON Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America... JIM BROWN
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