Word: detroit
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...proposal raised hackles among safety advocates and their traditional foes, the Big Three automakers in Detroit. "It's bad public policy," says Joan Claybrook, who led the NHTSA in the Carter Administration and now runs the watchdog group Public Citizen. "For the government to tell people it is O.K. to disconnect their air bags is a terrible idea that sends the wrong signal." Claybrook blames Washington and the car manufacturers for failing to instruct the public in basic matters such as never allowing small children to ride in front seats and wearing seat belts to make the air bags most...
BORN: Feb. 1, 1922, Detroit EDUCATION: Michigan State U, B.S., 1942; Wayne State U, M.D., 1958 FAMILY: Wife, Natalie; four children RELIGION: Jewish MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Psychiatrist; college instructor; chemist POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 30715 Timberbrook Lane, Bingham Farms...
BORN: June 27, 1941, Detroit EDUCATION: Solano Community College, 1971-84; San Francisco Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1980 FAMILY: Wife, Jeanine McGee; five children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: Navy, 1959-72; Naval Reserve, 1972-93 OCCUPATION: Teacher; electronics mechanic POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Republican nomination for U.S. House, 1994 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 7902, Vallejo...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Do not compare the District of Columbia to Detroit, New York, Atlanta or San Francisco, unless you give the people I represent the same citizenship rights and the same aid those cities...
BORN: Nov. 29, 1936, Detroit EDUCATION: Tennessee Technological U, B.S., 1958; U of Tennessee, L.L.B., J.D., 1961 FAMILY: Wife, Kathryn; four children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: Army, 1959-60; Army Reserve 1960-69 OCCUPATION: Lawyer; farmer POLITICAL CAREER: Tennessee House, 1962-70; state circuit-court judge, 1990-1996 ADDRESS: 106 East Main Street, Rogersville...