Word: southwestern
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Oblivious to the commotion he is causing, Keating table-hops and shakes hands with hotel staff. The guy acts as if he still owns the joint, as if he's still a Southwestern Gatsby peddling hundreds of millions of dollars of soon-to-be-worthless junk bonds to elderly Southern Californians. Can Keating still summon U.S. Senators--the Keating Five--to his defense at the touch of a phone pad? Or procure the services of top law and accounting firms? Or hire Alan Greenspan, who, before he became Fed chairman, gushed over the "outstanding success" of Lincoln Savings & Loan, Keating...
...shifting their focus to goals that are more achievable. If the genes responsible for regulating senescence can't yet be manipulated, they wonder, is it possible to directly treat parts of the body they affect? Jerry Shay, a biologist specializing in cancer research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, does not rule it out. Instead of engineering genes, he says, "we might be able to squirt some chemical to trigger telomerase at a particular site. The enzyme would turn on for a few weeks, change the expression of cells and revert them to a younger profile...
BORN: Jan. 28, 1951, Coronado EDUCATION: Southwestern College, 1970-74 FAMILY: Wife, Karen Walker; five children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Tax-firm owner POLITICAL CAREER: Mayor of Imperial Beach, 1979-85; San Diego County Board of Supervisors, 1985-94; U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: 4202 Genesee Avenue, Suite 102, San Diego...
Cole jumped into politics in the redistricting rush in August. With his campaign headquartered in his home, the Southwestern Bell retiree is not considered a contender in this race. But that hasn't prevented Cole from issuing position papers on everything from the budget to health care: he is "pro-children," advocates a federal school-lunch program, says that every public school student must be able to read by third grade and believes that Medicare and Medicaid can be streamlined...
BORN: March 22, 1955, Waco EDUCATION: Southwestern U, B.S., 1978 FAMILY: Wife, Nita; two children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Public-policy analyst; phone-company executive POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Republican nomination for U.S. House, 1991; Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1994 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 140970, Dallas...