"Erik George Sebastian Smith" was a German-born British record producer, pianist and harpsichordist. He produced over 90 opera recordings. His greatest legacy is the 1991 complete recording of the entirety of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's compositions, which included many previously unheard fragments and was released for the bicentennial of Mozart's death.

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I think it would be a mistake to underestimate him.

That means he's going places to help people. You don't use them to take the family to Miami Beach for the weekend. You use them to do events for people that otherwise wouldn't be possible. Flying commercially to places like Helena or Grand Forks would take the better part of a day.

We're not looking to go high-end luxury. It would be below where 11 East or the Carling would go.

He's getting a sense of the landscape now. There is no one out there who could defeat him for minority leader. The question is what he will choose to do.

We're overjoyed. They're indispensable.

We're staying flexible and just make decisions as events unfold.

It's unusual to be successful at it that early in a career, ... A lot of people have (leadership PACs). A lot of them sit and don't do anything.

I'm very confident about Dick Gephardt's organization in Iowa. Dean's going to need all this help. This moves things into a situation where it's a jump ball, it's an organizational war, and both parties are going to come to the table very well armed. But look, AFSCME has 13,000 members in Iowa. SEIU has 1,200. We've got 50,000 union members in Iowa. Organizationally, we're still in great shape.

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