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...Another scandal? The chances are slim it could happen here again," declares dentist Warren Randall, eyes fixed on his son Drew, a tackle. "This is history in the making right now." Later, young Randall, between gulps of ice water, agrees: "The problems all went before. We're starting new." Running back Stephen Thomas, a presidential scholar, reflects the new determination. "We can come back. People respect what we're trying to do now," he says. "The legacy of Eric Dickerson and Craig James only has a crack in it. But that will be forgotten...
...John Alcorn, 69, gestures in the direction of the border. "Had 16 teeth out and a new set of dentures made over in Palomas last week," he says, massaging his gums. "Would have cost me $2,000 in the U.S. I paid $600 over there, and the dentist did a damn good job." Health care is a relatively new economic trade-off, but the principles underpinning it are as old as the border itself. At Ernest Hurt's ranch just east of the Continental Divide and an easy horse ride to the Antelope Wells border post, Carlos Chavez Perez...
American tourists who defy the alarms are sometimes viewed at home as mad adventurers. "When I told my friends we were going to Israel, they said, 'What! Are you crazy?' " says Florida Dentist Selden Schwartzberg. "They're the ones who are crazy -- for staying at home." To date there have been no reports of injuries to tourists, and the Schwartzbergs are confident that their guide will keep them away from the trouble spots. "I've seen more crime in Hollywood, Fla., than I have seen in all of Israel," says Maureen. "American Jews should be ashamed to stay away...
...thrifts, the two California savings and loan associations seemed to be looking for trouble. One of them loaned money for energy schemes ranging from windmill farms to cow-manure incineration, while the other served as a whimsical and allegedly fraudulent investment machine for its owner, a former dentist. Last week federal regulators said they would liquidate the two ailing S and Ls, a drastic step for institutions so large. The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp., which guarantees thrift deposits, will spend a record $1.35 billion in cash to pay off insured depositors (up to $100,000 for each account...
Under the ownership of Ranhir Sahni, a former airline pilot, American Diversified squandered the assets of the S and L on ventures ranging from synthetic-fuel schemes to a national paging system. North America Savings was founded in 1983 by a dentist, Duayne Christensen, who made real-estate investments on behalf of relatives and his girlfriend. Christensen was killed in January 1987 when the car he was driving slammed into a bridge abutment a few hours before the regulators seized...