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...demanding schedule and is undisciplined as a campaigner. In a recent speech to California Republicans, Thompson began with some jokes that were well received but then abandoned his carefully written text and rambled through remarks that left many in the audience underwhelmed. His high school football coach in Lawrenceburg, Tenn., told the Nashville Tennessean, "He was smart, but he was lazy. He probably could have been a straight-A student if he'd applied himself." With eight years in the Senate, his legislative record was thin. Says a former adviser: "While the Senate is filled with ambitious men who aren...
...Lincolns, Jim Sayre of Lawrenceburg, Ky., put it best: "A lot of people try to make him be what they want him to be." But the remarkable thing about Lincoln is that he is still remaking people himself. Take Jimmie Ray Rubin of Prosperity, W.Va. The 12th of 14 children, Rubin was born 73 years ago in a coal camp in nearby Lillybrook. He worked at a Laundromat and a newspaper to put himself through local colleges and eventually became a social worker. A veteran, Rubin also became commander of his American Legion post and a vets' advocate in Charleston...
Hijackings occur because political solutions have failed. Nations that suppress minorities are shifting their responsibilities to countries like the U.S. that use more civilized systems for redressing the problems of their citizens. People's grievances must be addressed. Ottis J. Knippers Jr. Lawrenceburg, Tenn...
Officer Ken Robinson, 36, drove from Lawrenceburg, Ind., for the Seattle police test. Originally from Washington State, Robinson left a $14.70-an-hour job as a construction worker to become a cop. "I took a 50% cut in pay to come here, where I'm risking my neck for $8.70 an hour," says Robinson, a former Marine and father of two. Before moving in 1994, Robinson had made inquiries with the Seattle police department, but there were no openings. Now the recruiters are coming...
...used-car dealer from Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, Thompson earned his way through Memphis State and Vanderbilt Law School selling shoes door to door and working in a bicycle factory. He was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Tennessee when Baker recruited him for the Watergate Committee...