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Show Thursday, December 27, AmGotas 3 Ey Te Associated Press celebrities of the People columns amuesd and engrossed Amer-icain But they didnt make the cocntry go. Here's a look at a handful of whose talents, passions and hard work helped shape American life in 1990 from a Maryland laboratory and Alabama city hall to the sands of the Persian Gulf: DR. W. FRENCH ANDERSON In 183, Dr. W. French Anderson - The m "non-Peopl- e" city halfway around the world. "We've delivered more soldiers and discharged more ships in a short period of time than any armed forces in the world," Pagonis said proudly. Now 230,000 fresh UJS. troops are joining the 230,00 already in the Persian Gulf, and the logistics operation is expanding rapidly. "It's going to be a lot easier this time," the general said. " WILLIAM BELL It started with a city-paad promoting the Professional Golf Association championship at the Shoal Creek golf course near Birmingham, Ala. City Councilman William Bell, who is te ple with genetic defects. He was off by four years, but the first human gene therapy did occur in 1990, and . Anderson is given much of the Credit for bringing it about. :,. In September, a girl with a rare, inherited immune system disorder was given an infusion of genetically engineered cells in- tended to correct her genetic disease. "This is the first step in what ; probably; will be a revolution in medicine over the next two decades," said Anderson, 54, a physician at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. ,Jt. Anderson's unique combination of scientific ability and organizational sawy helped him find a route through the labyrinth in federal regulations that had to be satisfied before the experiment could take place. ' JAMES DOBSON " The political awakening of Christian evangelicals barely missed a .beat when Jerry Falwell and Pat: Robertson stepped out of the lime- blackthought that wasn't "Nationally, it has put pressure on advertisers to think twice before they sponsor events that discrimi- - right. He objected and soon television sponsors, fearing protests and boycotts, canceled their ads. Eventually, Shoal Creek made a black businessman an honorary member and set in motion applications for full membership by blacks. The controversy led the PGA and the United States Golf Association to require clubs holding tournaments to have open membership ' policies. "I knew from a local standpoint I was stepping on many toes," said blacks Bell, 41. "Many people and whites --- were upset that this Pandora's Box was opened. i V- One of the most celebrated cases of - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, A7 Page i 990 In id predicted that by 1986 doctors ould make the first attempt to insert replacement genes into peo- 1990 est U.S. jurist in Manhattan, handled the Milken affair with & voter an's aplomb and toughness, before 1S90 the securities-violatio- n prosecution of Michael ... ft i V i ix i ilT.; Ixr ? 'aUa-- JI Gilbert Hyatt Jed Drake nate against individuals based on race, religion, creed or sex." KIMBA M. WOOD Jamei DottMU Brat Joel Rubin Milken fell into the hands of one of the youngest federal judges. Kimba M. Wood, at 48 the yourig- - Awiette Polly WSiiams "1 WfiL'ain Bell ' finally sentencing the deposed! king to 10 years in pris on, a stiff term that surprised (See SHINE, Page A8) junk-bon- d : 11 V U A-rtTT- Ti -- w:- mill iiafhut8hai t light. ,v "Even while the Moral Majority, was closing up shop, James Dobson .was opening up shop," said Alan Hertzke, a University of Oklahoma political scientist and author of "Representing God in Washing- :: ton.". 7 Dobson, 55, a radio psychologist and author, uses his $65 million , v Jk .... i ' . SONY .'.';':' media empire based in Pomona, "Calif., 'to urge evangelicals to action on issues such as . abortion, home schooling and pornography. His daily Focus on the Family radio show is heard by a million people. The political research ; group he took over, the Family Research Council, has become a powerful lobbying voice in Washington. " The arrest of a record store 'owner and two members of the 2 'Live Crew band in Florida resulted from a Focus on the Family mailing of the lyrics of the group's controversial rap album "As Nasty ' as They Wanna Be." ANNETTE POLLY WILLIAMS The Bush administration touts "school "choice" as the key to education reform. But many say a state assemblywoman from a black district in Milwaukee was school "choice's most potent champion in '. "F33" 8mm ZOOM LENS WITH MACRO FOCUS 6:1 POWER E HIGH 'SPEED MINIMUM ILLUMINATION-VARIABLAUTO FOCUS TER THROUGH-THE-LEN- S 1 DISPLAY AVAILABLE AT SELECT LOCATIONS. 96SS890173 PENTM CAMCORDER PENTAX DATA S PV-E- M DDlfic 100A Horizontal design (or better holding. 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