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Just before leaving office in January 1993, Bush pardoned Cox's son Edwin L. Cox Jr. The scion of one of Texas' richest families, Cox Jr. had pleaded guilty in 1988 to bank fraud by falsifying collateral on $78 million in loans. He quit as director of a Dallas bank, spent six months in prison and paid $250,000 in fines. (Those who have served their time often seek pardons because felony convictions prevent them from obtaining professional licenses and voting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pardon, a Presidential Library, a Big Donation | 3/6/2001 | See Source »

DIED. WARNER LEROY, 65, New York City restaurateur and Warner Bros. scion whose fantasy-land establishments drew the rich and famous; of lymphoma; in New York. Among his lavishly designed eateries were Maxwell's Plum, Tavern on the Green and the revamped Russian Tea Room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Mar. 5, 2001 | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...transforming itself into the cyberhub of Asia. The government has backed a $1.7 billion project to develop 64 acres of reclaimed land into an infotech center. So far, however, the project has drawn as much controversy as acclaim. Critics regard it as specifically enhancing the interest of Richard Li, scion of the super-rich Li family, because Richard drew up the plan. Even critics acknowledge, however, that diversification is a good idea. "Hong Kong needs more than one pillar industry to sustain its economic glory, and infotech is a new one," says Dong Tao, a senior China analyst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Run For The Money | 1/22/2001 | See Source »

...when George W. came into his own. The first half of the decade were his wilderness years, a long lost weekend as a frat-boy scion of the Bush family. But midway through the decade he hit forty, discovered Jesus and became John Quincy Adams-in-waiting. It?s an era he understands and cherishes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comb Back, Big Hair — All Is Forgiven | 12/23/2000 | See Source »

...scion of a political line, his grandfather a former Senator and his father in Congress, Bush attended elite East Coast schools like Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass. and Yale University, where he majored in history...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala and Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: George Walker Bush: A Profile | 12/14/2000 | See Source »

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