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They call him "Illinois" Kravitz, and while the bearded, overweight Chicagoan is no Indiana Jones, he is convinced he has unlocked one of the great secrets of the ages: the location of Genghis Khan's tomb. Never mind that archaeologists have searched for the tomb for years without success. And forget that Maury Kravitz, 62, is a commodities trader and lawyer with no professional training in archaeology. His 34-year obsession with the Mongol leader has made him probably the best-informed amateur Genghis scholar in the world. About eight years ago, he found (he won't say where) what...
...Capitol Hill, the standard thinking is that Clinton's health-care plan is lost without the big Chicagoan. That may be overstating it. In the event of his ouster, Florida's Sam Gibbons becomes the acting chairman and would be expected to work with three committee members -- New York's Charles Rangel and California's Robert Matsui and Pete Stark -- to try to usher Rosty's vision through Ways and Means. Clinton no doubt hopes that between them, they are up to Rostenkowski...
...what? Has the Chicago Bulls' star been traded to the host New York Knickerbockers? Nice dream, if you're a New Yorker; nightmare, if a Chicagoan. Is he retiring and, like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, making his farewell appearances? Maybe he'll hang up the Air Jordans in a decade or two, but certainly not now. So what's all the fuss about? Simply that this is the first time during the 1988-89 season that the world's most exciting basketball player is visiting New York. A JORDAN FOR PRESIDENT sign even appears in the stands, a semiserious calling...
...hard to build self-esteem if you don't deal with the challenge of getting a job," says George Pillsbury of Boston, scion of the flour family. There is also a feeling of guilt for having been born with money. "That was the worst problem I had," admits Chicagoan Abra Prentice Wilkin, great- granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller. "I didn't earn it." The knowledge can taint even the pleasure of making expensive purchases. The first time Wilkin spent $100 for a pair of shoes, she was so upset she never wore them. And nagging twinges persist. "I still rationalize...
Writers want to be read; most of them will also confess to dreams of striking it rich. Every so often, reality conspires to reward both desires at once. The latest beneficiary of this bolt-from-the-blue largesse is a Chicagoan named Scott Turow, 38. Since 1978 he has been a lawyer in his hometown, working for eight years in the U.S. Attorney's office and then as a partner in a private firm. He has also, like thousands of others among the gainfully employed, written in his spare time. Eventually he completed his first novel. Unlike most such manuscripts...