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Economic opportunity is hardly the only attraction. Some newcomers simply fall in love with the size and grandeur of the land. Lebanese Engineer Walid Bohsali, 44, came to the bluegrass pastures of Lexington, Ky., to build a $5.2 million 18th century French-style horse farm for a Canada-based relative. Charmed by the quiet, order and beauty, he stayed on with his American wife Mary Lou and their two children and became a Thoroughbred racehorse broker for absentee owners. He has rented a house with an option to buy, and intends to apply for citizenship. Says Bohsali...
...because another flight had been canceled. He is an assistant professor of neurology, she a psychiatric nurse who is seven months pregnant. After she was released by the hijackers in Algiers, she flew to the U.S. to await news of her husband at the home of his parents in Lexington, Mass. In chaotic Beirut last week, Arthur Toga, 32, tried to describe his feelings. "I fear for her, not knowing about my well-being, so I think about that a great deal," he said. "I think about the fact that I don't know how long we're going...
Mockler is also a director of the $5 billion, Lexington based Ravtheon Corporation, which makes electronics, communications equipment and appliance. Raytheon spokesman A. Newell Garden says a wholly-owned subsidiary company, Badger Company of Cambridge, employs two Europeans who are working on a South African government plant to convert coal into synthetic oil. Raytheon, however, has no factories or operations in the country, Garden says. As of last June 29-the most recent figure available--Harvard owns 110.276 shares of stock in Raytheon worth $4.19 million...
...certainly had a super set of feet. A starting forward on the women's soccer team as a freshman, the Lexington native had led the squad in goals scored (24) and points (55), setting new Harvard season records in each category...
...driver was saying, like, "O.K., I'll show her something." I think he got a chuckle out of that. I got out of the cab and I was overwhelmed because the buildings, you know, are really high. I walked east on 42nd Street and then south on Lexington and there was a street fair. It was the summer and I had on a winter coat and was carrying a suitcase. This guy started following me around. He wasn't cute or anything, but he looked interesting. I said hi to him, and he said, "Why are you walking around with...