"Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to the hearts and conscience of all of us who believed that nonviolence and love offer a more excellent way, a better way." -Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaking in Minneapolis on his memories of King.
...Hill. Wellstone earned the distinction under the banner of ''Liberal Stalwarts,'' along with Democratic Reps. John Lewis of Georgia, Barney Frank of Massachusetts and Charles Rangel of New York. ''After nearly a decade in the Senate...
...heart was enlarged and doctors believed there was an abnormal hole between its upper chambers. To fix it, surgeon F. John Lewis decided to use a technique he'd only tried in the laboratory. That operation on Sept. 2, 1952, became the world's...
...according to meeting participants. "The meeting was very businesslike, very civil and very relaxed," said Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. "It was an open and candid discussion." The need to end racial profiling was another issue members raised...
...friendship for men they had once treated with shocking brutality. And the lambs were welcoming their one-time tormentors. John Lewis, the civil rights leader whose skull had been fractured on Bloody Sunday, was there. So was Joe Smitherman, the mayor...
...all problems and may cause some new ones. But the bill will slow the spiral of big-money fundraising that, as Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., said in debate, has polluted the political process. "When people give $50,000 or $100,000 to candidates...
...opposition to do what he or she believed was right. Also cited for political courage Monday was civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who was beaten as he and others challenged segregation at bus stations across the South during the Freedom...
...Bolden on the physically unable to perform reserve list. Released T Ulish Booker, P John Huber, TE James Hugo, WR John Lewis, PK John Markham, T Michael Saffer, RB Fred Talley, and DT Ryan Watson. CHICAGO BEARS--Released FB Casey Urlacher...
...Democrats: Reps. Pete Stark of California, Gerald D. Kleczka of Wisconsin, William J. Coyne of Pennsylvania and John Lewis of Georgia. ''It's not that we don't want to trade with China,'' Kleczka said. ''We just don't want to...
...shooting of his 40-year-old friend in a Ham Lake boarding house they shared said he was acting in self-defense. John Lewis, 39, was charged Wednesday in Anoka County District Court with second-degree murder.
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