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Fifteen years ago, Dr. Terry Ernest, an ophthalmologist, had to tell his own father the news that he so dreaded giving his patients: Your eyesight is progressively deteriorating, and there is no cure for the condition. Despite tremendous medical progress in treating many forms of vision loss, Ernest could do nothing but watch as his father's eyesight slowly faded, eventually robbing him of the pleasure of pursuing the pages of his favorite books or seeing the smile on his son's face. "At one point, I actually apologized to my father for all the tuition he'd paid," says...
BORN: Aug. 20, 1941, Alexandria EDUCATION: Louisiana State U, B.A., 1962, M.D., 1966; U of Texas, M.B.A., 1994 FAMILY: Wife, Ann; three children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: Air Force, 1967-69; Air Force Reserve, 1969-72 OCCUPATION: Ophthalmologist POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 7600, Monroe...
...former Shelley Scarney who has logged more time on campaigns than either her husband or her sister-in-law. After graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in political science, the only child of a Detroit ophthalmologist became a secretary to Vice President Nixon and traveled with his unsuccessful 1960 presidential campaign. One of her many jobs: at airports, she would call Washington, take down the day's news clippings in shorthand, then type them up on the plane on a portable manual typewriter. She also traveled with Nixon's victorious 1968 campaign. Buchanan and his future wife...
...intend to nominate to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton," Buchanan says. Shelley sits onstage with a dreamy, sphinxlike smile. It was during Nixon's 1968 campaign that Buchanan worked shoulder to shoulder with Nixon's shy but capable secretary Shelley Scarney. He married the only child of a Detroit ophthalmologist...
While waiting to see a financial consultant on Park Avenue, Dr. Ruth Stoddard Long, 63, a New York ophthalmologist, makes no bones about where she stands. "I'm for it absolutely," she says. "The upper middle class pays a lot of dues. If they get a little break, what's the big deal?" Supporters of the change say lower rates would encourage more investment and spur greater turnover of holdings, thus leading to increased tax revenues. "More people would sell assets, and the U.S. Treasury would collect more taxes," says Stephen Moore, director of fiscal-policy studies at the conservative...