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Michael Leavitt

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MICHAEL ANTI One of the most unusual shuttles operates at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Site in Texas, ...
MICHAEL FROME A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of.
MICHAEL BOLTON Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach ...
MICHAEL BOLTON The entire business world has figured out how to make huge buckets of money without hiring us to wor...
MICHAEL MOORE As a kid, I watched 'Bugs Bunny' cartoons, and for some reason Pepe Le Pew, the indomitable ...
MICHAEL PATERNITI I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River&#...
MICHAEL KORYTA The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional pow...
MICHAEL MANDELBAUM I used a kind of gray-green early on in my practice for painting steel, to make it look more like it...
MICHAEL GRAVES With 'Black Rain,' I spent a lot of time with homicide detectives, and I spent a lot of time...
MICHAEL DOUGLAS Never eat broccoli when there are cameras around.
MICHAEL STIPE I've always loved going to see Broadway shows. I've seen 'em all: Rent, Chorus Line, Cat...
MICHAEL SHOWALTER To this day, I believe the unity of the world's countries in the fight against terror is more powerf...
MICHAEL DELONG