Edward Cox, a pediatrician at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich.
When DeVos tried to explain he was struck by how defeatist he sounded.
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Despite his prowess running Amway, DeVos never got the Magic into the black.
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"I never wanted to have a house in Florida, " Ms. DeVos says, laughing.
Joan Rikli, a nurse and director of the neonatal center at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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In 2002, after the first arena push failed, DeVos announced the Magic was for sale and began to entertain buyers.
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On a recent afternoon, Mr. DeVos and his wife, Betsy, arrived at Windsor for an escape from the Michigan winter.
"If nothing else is possible, you have to vote in a democracy, " Professor Carl Devos at Ghent University told Reuters news agency.
Forbes 4oo power players Rich DeVos, Ken Langone and Diane Hendricks all reportedly attended to strategize for the 2012 elections.
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His sister, Betsy DeVos, has served as chair of the Michigan Republican Party, and her husband, Dick DeVos, was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor of Michigan in 2006.
Led by businessman Dick DeVos of Amway, parents, as well as business, religious and community leaders, are rallying to put on next year's ballot an exciting school choice initiative called Kids First!
Education funding is still mostly funded by local taxpayers, and their preferences, for good or ill, will determine the course of American public education more than Bill Gates or Betsy DeVos ever could.
Oddly, while Jilani spends a good deal of time on Dick and Betsy Devos and various other billionaires and foundations, he only mentions the Gates Foundation in an update at the end of the piece.
Prof Carl Devos of Ghent University said that the passage of the speech should have been dropped, while monarchy expert Prof Mark Van den Wijngaert said a comparison with the 30s was "a bridge too far".
Howard credits DeVos with mentoring him.
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"What he can or could bring to the table is a record on successful reforms and successful leadership of a Midwestern state that has always been considered tough it's gone back and forth for Republicans and Democrats, " said Betsy DeVos, a former RNC committeewoman.
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