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This can-do optimism is a trait that Simon inherited from his father Martin, who died of leukemia in 1969. Martin and Ruth Simon were Lutheran missionaries in China before Martin accepted a pastorate in Eugene a month prior to the birth of their oldest son Paul in 1928. In the early 1930s, the Simons began publishing religious pamphlets out of their home, as well as a monthly magazine called the Christian Parent. Ruth Simon recalls, "When we went into business, we didn't have a dime of our own." A monthly treat was a Sunday after-church lunch...
...Connecticut Yankee born to one of the founding families of Greenwich, Close grew up among three siblings and innumerable ponies and dogs, roaming the family's wooded 250-acre estate. "I wasn't the oldest or the youngest or an only boy," Glenn recalls, "so I had to work harder to be noticed." One can see that in old family photos, where the other kids often are gazing into left field while Glennie is right up front, beaming an eager smile smack through the back of the camera. Precocious and poised, she proclaimed she was going to be an actress...
Time has not broken the lingering connection these six generations have with the U.S. "I got only American blood in my veins, but I'm Brazilian through and through," crows ex-Farmer Claude McFadden, 90, the oldest living Confederate descendant. "Still, I've always felt a little split, like I'll never feel completely at home here." As middle-class Brazilians besieged by high inflation, most of the descendants marvel at the economic stability and the myriad modern conveniences the U.S. has to offer. "All those electric gadgets that make housework easy must give women a lot of free time...
...would probably have aneffect on his films in the future. "I have apremonition this will influence my future work,"he said. The director said he was not sure whatkind of influence, although he said it is probablymeaningful that on his first visit to the U.S. hecame to Boston, "the oldest town" in the country
North America's oldest international intercollegiate rivalry is a rivalry once again...