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...recently elected state treasurer. "I've lost my patience," she declared in July. "I want to act now. Act yesterday. Kids are being killed, tortured, starved, abandoned." She adds now, "Illinois will have orphanages. It's just a question of what form they will take." Both Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, a Democrat, and Illinois Governor Jim Edgar, a Republican, are on board. But perhaps most vociferous on the subject has been Cook County public guardian Patrick Murphy, whose father spent three years in an orphanage. "Foster care cannot handle adolescent kids," maintains Murphy. "What residential care provides is consistency." Consistency...
...gratuitous because we know exactly how it should sound. Obi Wan wouldn't have expounded at such length on the nature of Han's character, and the new condition of the ship. Ben Kenobi's charm was that he always said enough, but never too much. Writer Brian Daley has given him too much baggage dialogue...
...supervision because of burns her 16-month-old daughter had suffered around the genitals, buttocks and thighs. Yummy was moved into his grandmother's home but eventually spent most of his time with gang members down the street. "This young kid fell through the cracks," says Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. "He has been to the ((child)) abuse court. He's been in delinquency court. This has been going on for years...
...done deal that the Democratic Party will hold its 1996 presidential convention in Chicago, its first there since Yippie riots over Vietnam and delegates' turmoil marred the '68 nomination of Hubert Humphrey. An aide to Mayor Richard Daley, whose father held office the last time around, told TIME Chicago correspondent Julie Grace the decision is a matter of wrapping up a few easy details. Chicago bid $32 million to be the host, beating out rivals New York City, New Orleans and San Antonio, Texas, for a possible $100 million economic return. Grace says David Wilhelm, a former operative of Daley...
...boss. After a brief fling at playing minor-league baseball, Dan served in the Illinois legislature before going to Congress in 1959. His wife LaVerne stayed in Chicago, so Rostenkowski commuted home on weekends. But for years he would stop first at city hall to brief Mayor Richard J. Daley on his doings...