Word: brooklyn
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...everyone calls my father, was born in Brooklyn in 1921, was the first person in his family to attend college, served in World War II, went into the family business and is now semi-retired. He reads the papers, watches television news, goes to the movies occasionally, never looks at a book and wouldn't miss a weekend football game--unless, of course, he's playing golf. He balances his checkbook, pays his taxes on time and drives a fancy foreign-made car that is his only extravagance...
CLAUDETTE HAYLE (R) District 11 (Central Brooklyn--Flatbush; Crown Heights; Brownsville...
Towns, the son of a North Carolina sharecropper, made a name for himself in Brooklyn politics before moving to Capitol Hill 14 years ago. The former hospital administrator has worked for stricter FDA regulations and more liberal health-care benefits, and pushed a bill--passed in September--to require health plans to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay after childbirth...
BORN: Jan. 24, 1955, Kingston, Jamaica EDUCATION: York College, 1977-80 FAMILY: Divorced; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur; financial and information-systems consultant POLITICAL CAREER: Delegate to White House Conference on Small Business, 1986-90 ADDRESS: 656 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn...
BORN: Sept. 8, 1941, Brooklyn, N.Y. EDUCATION: U of Chicago, B.A., 1964 FAMILY: Wife, Jane O'Meara; one child, three stepchildren RELIGION: Jewish MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Professor; free-lance writer POLITICAL CAREER: Mayor of Burlington, 1981-89; U.S. House, 1990- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 391, Burlington...