Word: mattoon
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BORN: Nov. 28, 1933, Mattoon, Ill. EDUCATION: Eastern Illinois U, B.S., 1955 FAMILY: Wife, Sandie; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army, 1955-57 OCCUPATION: Insurance broker POLITICAL CAREER: Oakland County G.O.P. chair, 1978-86; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: 27877 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington...
Despite heavy odds -- most beyond their control -- some plucky ex-employees do manage to get back to work. In 1988, at the age of 50, Linda Drumm lost her $20,000-a-year job as a supervisor in a dress factory in Mattoon, Ill., when the plant closed its doors. The fresh-faced clerk she encountered at a local unemployment office held out little hope for a good new job. "I hate to tell you this," Drumm recalls the young woman saying, "but you know that you're over the hill." The remark hurt her deeply, but Drumm now says...