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Jet, August 25, 2003

Proudly commanding the USS Constitution, the world's oldest commissioned warship with a record extending back to 1707, Commander Levin C. Wright is the first Black U.S. Naval officer assigned to the task. A graduate of Brandeis University who was commissioned 30 years ago, Wright has become one of the most talked-about Blacks in the military ...

Theron Bell, former deputy director of the Minority Business Development Agency (under President Ronald Reagan), disclosed that he suffered from breast cancer 30 years ago and is a survivor. Now living in Littleton, CO, he helps the Faith and Health Ministries carry on an educational campaign against the disease.

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