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Robert Pittman

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Robert Pittman created the music cable-television channel MTV which showed that television could follow a different format. He is president and chief operating officer of America Online (AOL) and formerly he worked in radio.

Author: Rich, Mari
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2000
Officials and employees, America Online Inc., AOL, Executives, Pittman, Robert

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Richard Riordan

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A biography of Richard Riordan, mayor of Los Angeles, is presented. He is a Republican with business acumen and has increased the police force by 30% in his first term. In 1997 he was reelected for a second term.

Author: Rich, Mari
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2000
Mayors, Riordan, Richard

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Sprewell, Latrell

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Basketball player Latrell Sprewell showed athletic ability from an early age. He received a basketball scholarship to the University of Alabama in 1990.

Author: Rich, Mari
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2001
Basketball players, Sprewell, Latrell

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