Word: georgetown
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...candidate 11 times in a row, Delaware would seem to be a perfect microcosm of America. It has ethnic neighborhoods, wide swaths of farmland, wealthy suburbs, military bases and resort towns. Candidates for statewide office actually meet a large segment of the electorate during the campaign, and in tiny Georgetown, the Thursday after the election, the losing candidate rides alongside the winner in the "Return Day" parade. This intimacy may explain why the major statewide offices are evenly split between the parties. It seems Delaware, the First State, pays more attention to personality than partisanship...
BORN: July 2, 1939, Wilmington EDUCATION: Hamilton College, B.A., 1961; Georgetown U, LL.B., 1964 FAMILY: Wife, Jane RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Delaware Deputy Attorney General, 1965-66, House, 1967-69, Senate, 1967-77, minority leader, 1976-77, lieutenant governor, 1981-85; Governor, 1985-92; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 133, Wilmington...
BORN: July 17, 1948, Warren, Ohio EDUCATION: U of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1970; Columbia U, M.A., 1972; Georgetown U, J.D., 1976 FAMILY: Divorced RELIGION: Episcopalian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Democratic nomination for U.S. House, 1994 ADDRESS: 2831-D Exchange Court, West Palm Beach...
BORN: July 27, 1941, Valdosta EDUCATION: Georgia Southern U, B.S., 1965; Georgetown U, D.D.S., 1969 FAMILY: Wife, Gloria; two children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: Army, 1967-69 OCCUPATION: Dentist POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 499, Evans...
...beginning, some locals like Randy Sinkhorn, a fifth-generation Kentuckian who trains welders and other hands at the Georgetown plant, had to overcome deep-seated doubts about working for the Japanese. Even today, Sinkhorn says, laughing, people outside the area want to know, "'Do you work like a dog 15 and 20 hours a day?'" He says he doesn...