Word: grewing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Listen to George W. Bush, talking about his ties to California: "I was raised in the west, the west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to Texas." Remember Dan Quayle: "I love California. I grew up in Phoenix...
...farm child in Kenya, Njoki Njehu grew up in a house with no electricity and worked after school with her five brothers and sisters on plots of bananas, sugarcane and maize. From her mother, a champion of women's and environmental causes, Njehu imbibed the importance of social protest--a lesson she learned well enough to emerge as a top leader of the tens of thousands of opponents of global capitalism who are expected to converge in Washington this week on meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. The target of their wrath: everything from the treatment...
...make only the most conservative investments. As he acquired their accounts, he also acquired their friendship, becoming particularly close with DiCaprio, who would often bunk at Giacchetto's downtown New York City loft. Contrary to his pledge, Giacchetto began gambling on risky ventures, and a number of stars grew concerned over poorly organized or absent financial statements. According to a federal indictment, Giacchetto was drawing unauthorized checks from his clients' accounts to cover his expenses. In a Ponzi-like scheme, he would also allegedly loot the account of one customer to pay off another. Though he did reimburse some clients...
...background is privileged as well. His father was an attorney, his mother an English teacher. Edward (don't call him Ed; there's nothing of the Honeymooners sewer rat about him) grew up in Columbia, Md., a town created by his grandfather, the social planner James Rouse. "My grandfather was a big fan of remaining fluid in your young life," Norton says, "of exploration and searching and seeking. He once offered to give me some money to keep me out of going into an investment-banking job." So the history major plunged into the New York City acting community. Before...
...dear friend JEAN LEOPOLD DOMINIQUE grew up in a land of oppression. He came of age under Francois ("Papa Doc") Duvalier. But this product of the privileged "elite" fell passionately in love with his country and its vast peasant population. After studying in Paris, Jean worked to help his countrymen better cultivate their soil, enrich their crops--and by extension empower their lives...