“There's a really close parallel to France. High unemployment, low family income, inferior education and training, inadequate housing, a great deal of hostility toward the police - we found that the level of hostility in the black sections of these cities was high enough that almost any random spark would set them off.”
“In all these major cities, the police were all white, a big part of them living outside the central city, and they were about the only contact many African-Americans had with the dominant society. There was enormous hostility.”
“NASSCO has hired and trained hundreds of employees to build this class of ships, and this award will provide sustained employment for approximately 1,000 skilled NASSCO employees through 2009.”
“He was a little slow yesterday. In another day or two, when he finds his sea legs, he's going to find walking to be a more pleasant experience than he has in the last 10 to 15 years.”
