Word: houstonize
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EMANCIPATED. DOMINIQUE MOCEANU, 17, Olympic gold-medal gymnast; by a Texas state judge; in Houston. The 1996 champion was declared a legal adult in a settlement with her parents, whom she accused of squandering her earnings. The decision lets her seek a past accounting and make her own future deals...
WASHINGTON: The GOP would probably rather be in Houston -- but this time around, Philly is the way to go. Reeling from Tuesday's election and intent on broadening their appeal, the Republicans are pitching their 2000 convention tent squarely in traditional Democratic territory -- the northeast. "The first president of the next millennium will be nominated in the cradle of liberty," Republican Party Chairman Jim Nicholson said Thursday...
...hands from a clothesline at six months and tumbling in her first gymnastics class at age three. It paid off. Soon after her 10th birthday, they left their jobs in Tampa, Fla.--Camelia worked in a hair salon, Dumitru as a used-car dealer--to follow her to the Houston gym of legendary trainer Bela Karolyi to preside over her vault into the spotlight. In a best-selling autobiography written on the eve of the Atlanta Olympics, Dominique, 14 years old and headed for gold, thanked her parents. "I look in the mirror and see Dominique Moceanu, my parents' daughter...
...childhood. Now a 17-year-old senior in high school, she is asking to be declared a legal adult so she can control her own finances. According to Moceanu, her parents mismanaged her trust fund, pouring her money into a multimillion-dollar, 70,000-sq.-ft. Houston gym complex and a sportswear line. "Her relationship with her parents was only about gymnastics," says Olympic teammate Shannon Miller, who has been counseling Dominique over the past few months. "She wants to enjoy the sport because she enjoys it, not because...
...their suggestion last November, she met with a Dallas lawyer to discuss using the last $173,000 check from her gymnastics exhibition tour to set up a separate trust. When her father found out about the plan, he drove to Dallas and took the check and Dominique back to Houston. Dominique told the Houston Chronicle that beyond just controlling her purse strings, her parents pressured her, and she lived in fear of her father, saying he hit her "a couple of times." Dumitru says he never hit her and maintains she is being influenced by others, including her new coach...