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...those with Nguyen’s background, even standing across the net from someone six inches taller—and, according to College Tennis Online, someone whose career record includes victories over Radek Stepanek and Vladmir Voltchkov—would be a daunting experience to say the least...
DIED. MATTIE J.T. STEPANEK, 13, upbeat poet and champion of world peace who sold millions of books and enchanted even more people with spirited appearances on TV shows like Oprah and Good Morning America; of muscular dystrophy; in Washington. Mattie, who counted former President Jimmy Carter as a friend, published five books of poetry and was an ever cheerful advocate of muscular dystrophy awareness. He had a rare form of the disease, which impeded his breathing, heart rate and digestion and confined him to a wheelchair. The same disease killed his three elder siblings...
...confined to a wheelchair with a life-threatening disease makes three wishes: to meet his idol, Jimmy Carter; to publish a volume of his poetry; and--because he has a keen nose for commerce--to get on the Oprah Winfrey Show to hawk his books. Success! MATTIE STEPANEK, 11, got all his wishes and then one: a contract from Hyperion for three books to join his best-selling volumes Heartsongs and Journey Through Heartsongs. Stepanek, of Upper Marlboro, Md., has a rare form of muscular dystrophy that keeps him on a ventilator; the disease killed his two brothers and sister...
...PAUL STEPANEK (R) District 29 (West Los Angeles County; Santa Monica; West Hollywood...
BORN: Nov. 18, 1960, LaPorte, Ind. EDUCATION: Valparaiso U, B.S. 1983 FAMILY: Wife, Margaret Carroll RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Public-relations-firm owner POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 25085, Los Angeles 90025. Tel.: 213-243-0207 Despite his underdog status, Stepanek is already prepared for accession to Congress--his Website contains a list of current legislation he would co-sponsor, as well as his agenda for the opening weeks of his first term (and he refuses to respond to the TIME/CQ questionnaire because "these are old issues"). His plan includes pledges to limit the size...