Impact players: the 1998 Chicagoans of the year
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Those honored as Chicagoans of the Year for 1998 are blues singer Koko Taylor; musician/director Jim Hirsch; educator Barbara Eason-Watkins; baseball player Sammy Sosa; medical researcher Janet Rowley; the reverend Walter B. Johnson, Jr.; and parents Linda Ginzel and Boaz Keysar who launched a campaign to prevent infant deaths. Individual profiles are presented.
Publication Name: Chicago
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0362-4595
Year: 1999
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The 100 most important Chicagoans of the 20th Century
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The most important public figures of the 20th century in Chicago, Illinois are noted and ranked based on their contributions to the community. Among those on the list are mayor Richard J. Daley, Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams, Frank Lloyd Wright, jazz musician Louis Armstrong and Nobel Prize winning physicist Enrico Fermi.
Publication Name: Chicago
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0362-4595
Year: 1999
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Chicago: boom town: more than 900,000 Chicagoans, almost one-third of the city's population are baby boomers
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The baby boom generation needs certain services as they move into middle age. Increasingly people ages 40-50 seek the plastic surgeon to restore youth as the end of childbearing comes. Tips are offered on maintaining good health, and financial and retirement planning.
Publication Name: Chicago
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0362-4595
Year: 1997
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