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A Lottery Fortune Won and Lost

Eleazar Ford always lived something of a charmed life. He was the second of two children of working class parents, and the only boy. Because of his gender, his parents decided to send him to college instead of his elder sister, despite the fact that they both made good grade in high school and both wanted to go to college.
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From Cops to Doctors - A Cardiologist's Investments Gives Him His Heart's Desire

Dr. Peter Dolan grew up in a working class family. His father was a union contractor and his mother was a crossing guard. The middle of three boys, his brothers went into what was the family business, police work (his mother’s uncle had been Chief of Police and many other extended family members were on the police force) but Peter wanted to be a doctor.

A Lifetime Love of Horses

Anthony Ansari emigrated with his middle class family from Iran to the New York suburbs as a young boy with the American dream of a better life. He decided he wanted to be a doctor and attended Johns Hopkins University where he specialized in cardiac surgery.
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Slow and Steady Investing Builds a Comfortable Affluence

Decades of steady and conservative investing have allowed Abigail and Dorothy to build a sizable nest egg for a comfortable and active retirement. Following a philosophy of always and automatically saving first, and only spending what is left. The couple also, admirably, carries no debt-with their home mortgage paid off long ago.
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High Tech Launches Family Fortune

Isaac & Emily Leibowitz met while attending a state university in California. When they first met, Emily was dating Isaac’s best friend. At first she thought Isaac was hyperactive and somewhat annoying. He was obsessed with computer technology, and assumed the stereotypical trappings that identified him as a “nerd” (pocket protector, calculator and an obsession with technology). It took a couple years, but eventually Emily saw past his peculiarities to appreciate his brilliant and quick mind, as well as his earnest devotion to her.