Word: businessman
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...campaign that Cleland, 54, was "running on biography." But a remarkable biography it is: a triple amputee who overcame depression and prejudice to become a Georgia state senator, the head of the Veterans Administration under President Carter and a three-term secretary of state in Georgia. Millner, a wealthy businessman who looks as if he could be Dole's younger brother, spent $2 million more on the campaign than his Democratic opponent while trying to stick the standard "liberal" label on him. But Cleland carefully distanced himself from President Clinton and followed his own counsel to "stay in the sensible...
...recent weeks a former high-ranking Dole moneyman received the largest penalty ever connected to an illegal political contribution. On Oct. 23 a federal judge in Boston hit businessman Simon Fireman, 71, former vice chairman of Dole's campaign finance committee, with a fine of more than $1 million and six months of house arrest (in his luxury high-rise). Fireman's Massachusetts-based company, Aqua-Leisure Industries, which distributes pool toys and swimming goggles, was fined $5 million. His crime? Making $120,000 in illegal political contributions to individual candidates and the Republican National Committee, including...
BORN: June 16, 1931, Portland EDUCATION: Willamette U, B.A., 1953 FAMILY: Wife, Kaye; three children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Cattle rancher; businessman POLITICAL CAREER: Oregon House, 1961-73; Senate, 1973-82; U.S. House, 1983-95 ADDRESS: 5000 Cirrus Drive, Suite 150, Medford...
BORN: Nov. 4, 1955, Vermillion, S. Dak. EDUCATION: U of South Dakota, B.S., 1990 FAMILY: Wife, Cathy RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Businessman POLITICAL CAREER: Texas House, 1991- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 8277, Woodlands...
BORN: July 10, 1944, Newark, N.J. EDUCATION: Georgetown U, B.S.B.A., 1966, J.D., 1969 FAMILY: Separated; two children RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Businessman; lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 12 Pearl Street, Burlington...