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Ashong's father, Emmanuel, grew up poor in Accra, speaking Ga, Akan, and the King's English. As a third year medical student, he married a young nurse of royal background. Her father was born to become the chief of the Larteh people but declined to be enstooled. Nonetheless, Stella Asiedu-Akrofi Ashong and her family retained the privileges and obligations of Ghanian royalty...
Much more significant has been Birmingham's background and accompanying set of political ideals...
...thing he was good at doing was taking very complex experiments and explaining them to people who had no background in his field," Widlanski says...
Because of his background in scientific research, Evans says, Knowles tends to involve himself deeply in his University Hall duties...
...article quoted several anonymous prosecutors as saying that former Whitewater partner James McDougal's cooperation led to new documents relating to Mrs. Clinton's legal work for McDougal's failed savings and loan and the "truthfulness of her statements" to federal investigators. The article also reported that Starr provided background assistance for the piece and that lawyers in his office made no attempt to suppress speculation that the indictment of the First Lady is under consideration. Deborah Gershman, a spokeswoman for Starr, said the prosecutor was en route to Arkansas and would likely comment after reviewing the letter further. Kendall...