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Gulfport, Miss., Resident Watches His Nephew Compete NBC Show 'The Apprentice'.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2004
By Pete Tattersall, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 8--BILOXI, Miss. -- Last Thursday more than 20 million Americans were riveted to their televisions by "The Apprentice," NBC's runaway hit show featuring a bombastic Donald Trump and a host of contestants vying for a $250,000-a-year job in one of The Donald's many enterprises.
But, perhaps, no one was more excited than Gulfport resident William Wright Jr. Wright's 29-year-old nephew, Kwame Jackson, is one of the four final contestants, whittled down from an original field of 16.
"I'm so proud I don't know what to do," said Wright, 45, who operates a taxi and limousine service in Gulfport.
"The Apprentice" is a 15-episode unscripted drama...
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