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...Republic Bank Chairman Gerald Fronterhouse, whose institution aims to strengthen its No. 2 position in Texas by acquiring Interfirst, the state's fourth largest bank. Said Fronterhouse, who will head the combined company: "This is a bank made by Texans for Texans." One challenge will be to help Interfirst dig out from under a $1.1 billion pile of sour energy loans and depressed real estate holdings...
...could dig you a nice cellar hole," he said. "Unless it turns out we have to blast...
Travelling is also a high priority. Two summers ago Cooperson went on an archaeological dig in Jordan. He recounts fasting all day, waking up at 3:30 a.m. to pray, and learning the many required phrases of social interchange. "Something specific is said when one takes a shower, or drinks a glass of water. Also, they recite alot of poetry instead of telling anecdotes like we do in this country...
...tried to take part in a University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) dig, but insurance regulations prohibited anyone under 15 from participating. "I cried and screamed as my mother dragged me away," Sandburg recalls. So the next year he was back, eager to get his hands dirty...
Sandburg's small room in the Cronkhite Centeroverflows with artifacts of his travels andstudies. One of his most treasured possessions isthe trowel he has used to dig for the last 12years--"My trowel is by my bedside all the time.Archaeologists get attached to their trowels," heexplains, a little sheepishly. "It's seen a lot ofplaces...