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Distantly related to Aaron Burr, who was Thomas Jefferson's Vice President when he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, the People Express chairman was a brash achiever from the start. His father was an M.I.T.-trained engineer and his mother a social worker, and young Burr remembers going to the neighborhood drugstore to admire not only its candy counter but also the proprietor's efficient storekeeping methods. In high school Burr sang in the barbershop quartet and played saxophone in the band. He went in for varsity soccer, basketball and baseball, and proceeded straight to the expert slope...
...lure bigger spenders with such attractions as videocassette recorders, vacation packages and exercise bicycles. Another upscale contender, Shop Television Network, which will officially hit the airwaves next week, hopes to stand out from competitors by featuring a celebrity host, Singer Pat Boone, and guest experts like Figure Skater Scott Hamilton...
HELEN W. JOFFE -- Hamilton, Ohio...
...HAMILTON RUSSELL: One of the first estates to put Walker Bay on the map, Hamilton Russell, tel: (27-28) 312 3595, produces Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines that beautifully express the area's stony, clay-rich and shale-derived terroir. Citrus notes enhance the Chardonnay's mineralized dryness, while the Pinot Noir is robust and fruity, with hints of coffee...
...DIED. HAMILTON NAKI, 78, South African surgical pioneer with no formal training who was a central member of the team, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard, that performed the first human heart transplant--yet went unrecognized for some three decades because of apartheid restrictions on blacks holding jobs deemed appropriate only for whites; of a heart attack; in Langa, South Africa. A gardener at the University of Cape Town, Naki got his start as a lab assistant when a doctor needed a hand while operating on a giraffe. Naki's skills ultimately led Barnard to request his help in the landmark...