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...gynecologist on Chicago's North Shore, Turow inherited ambition early: "I grew up with a very successful father, whose success I knew I'd be expected to emulate." His early years were spent in what he describes as "a nouveau-riche Jewish ghetto" filled with returned World War II veterans eager to get ahead; he recalls the "sense of identity" he got from that ethnic community and the loss he felt when, at age 13, his parents moved further north to the wealthy and Waspish suburb of Winnetka...
...News-Press in Fort Myers, Fla. Employees find themselves out at sea in a 25-ft. boat, often with only one experienced sailor on board. Says Madelyn Jennings, a Gannett senior vice president: "Some need to lead. Some need to follow. But they all need to get back to shore...
...Jersey Shore rocker ditched his wife, broke up his band, recorded a version of Elvis' Viva Las Vegas and bought a $14 million Beverly Hills estate. Is the Boss trying to become the King...
...Monetary Fund. The dong, Vietnam's currency, has stabilized at a black-market rate of about 5,000 to the dollar, not far from the official rate of 4,500. Still, in the past two years foreigners have invested only $850 million in Vietnam, most of that in off-shore oil exploration...
...power in Sacramento to stop the Democratic legislature from redrawing congressional districts entirely to their advantage after the 1990 census. Even conservative supporters of incumbent Governor George Deukmejian have been willing to unite behind Wilson, although it means overlooking his moderate pro-choice, pro- environment, anti-off-shore-drilling stances. Wilson heads into California's TV-heavy general election ready to deploy $16 million to $20 million, while Van de Kamp and Feinstein will already have spent most of what they have raised -- about $4 million apiece...