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Article: Deep, deep pockets. (John D. Rockefeller IV)
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- National Review
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- November 16, 1984
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DEEP, DEEP POCKETS
WHEN HE stepped down several years ago as chairman of Jimmy Carter's Coal Commission, West Virginia's Democratic Governor John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV received as a farewell gift a huge silver bowl.
"Just what I've always wanted,' Rockefeller said, holding up the trophy. "It goes with my spoon.'
Though Rockefeller may joke about being rich--his personal fortune is thought to exceed $150 million--West Virginians have learned to take his money seriously. Four years ago, in what began as a tight race against former Governor Arch Moore Jr., Rockefeller spent $11.6 million, all but $245,000 of it out of his own deep pockets. His ...