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They were born in 1978 when Xavier Roberts, then a 21-year-old art student, created the hand-stitched life-size dolls he called "so homely they're adorable." "Delivered" in Cleveland, Georgia, at a factory named BabyLand General Hospital, chubby-cheeked Kids of all ethnicities came complete with birth certificates and adoption papers. After Roberts signed an agreement with Coleco to mass-produce a smaller version of the dolls in 1982, they caused stampedes at toy stores, hitting annual sales of $600 million in 1985 before their popularity waned at decade's end. Now marketed by Mattel, the Kids...
BORN: Oct. 23, 1931, Campbell County EDUCATION: Xavier U, B.S., 1953 FAMILY: Wife, Mary Catherine; nine children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Investment broker; sports agent; professional baseball player POLITICAL CAREER: Fort Thomas City Council, 1977-79; Kentucky Senate, 1979-83; Republican nominee for Governor, 1983; U.S. House, 1986- ADDRESS: 1717 Dixie Highway, Suite 180, Fort Wright...
BORN: Jan. 15, 1948, Morehead, Ky. EDUCATION: Xavier U, B.A., 1970; Boston College, M.A., 1972 FAMILY: Wife, Anne Taylor-Butler; three children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army, 1972; Army Reserve, 1972-78 OCCUPATION: Records and information-management consultant POLITICAL CAREER: Democratic nominee for U.S. House, 1994 ADDRESS: 70 Bay Street, Staten Island...
...XAVIER BECERRA (D) District 30 (Central, East and Southeast Los Angeles...
...Boisrouvray decided to start the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Foundation at the time when the AIDS epidemic burst on the world scene," said Don Casey of the Association Francois-Xavier Bagnoud (AFXB). The Foundation, which is based on the idea that health is a basic human right, provides homes to provide care to children with AIDS...