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Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the musically self-taught Edmonds met the man who would become his longtime business associate and songwriting partner, Antonio ("L.A.") Reid while both were members of the late pop band the Deele in 1982. It was a match made in pop-music heaven (or B-school fantasies). Reid cites Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the producers who helped put Janet Jackson on the pop map, as an early influence. Says Reid: "They were the first present-day producing duo to become stars. Before them, producing was a very behind-the-scenes function. Jimmy and Terry made...
Martin is also familiar with Harvard and the Medical School, having taught as Dorn professor of neurology for 21 years prior to accepting his first position at UCSF as dean...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "At West Point they taught us cadets that if you talk the talk, then you have to walk the walk...In cutting spending, in increasing efficiency and in government reform, I have walked the walk. Now I would like to take this same work ethic and values to Congress...
With Mel Hancock's retirement, the Seventh is up for grabs this year, but Bamberger is the underdog in this solidly Republican district. With years of serving on county boards and task forces and having taught political science to college students for 26 years, she won a six-way primary with 53% of the vote. A longtime Democrat, she staunchly supports labor unions and workers' interests. But even a Website may not bring enough of the right recognition for a political upset...
McLeod lost big to James Clyburn in 1994, but was also heavily outspent. He wants creationism taught in schools and hopes his social conservatism attracts religious blacks as well as whites in the Sixth. Were he to win, he would be one of Congress's strictest constitutionalists, advocating a drastic contraction of the Federal Government, including elimination of federal income and inheritance taxes in favor of a consumption...