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With Mary's and my third child on the way any week, we don't expect any relief anytime soon. In the course of my rooting around for news this month, the theme of so many things to do, so little time came ringing through. All together now:

(Feel free to substitute your own choice if "children" doesn't apply)

When I spoke to Richard Dorado, he and his wife, Marianne, were in their New York apartment trying to stay cool and waiting tor the birth of their second daughter. Their lives are fall of legal briefs and urban-planning issues as they pursue their law professions in Manhattan. They did manage a visit to Austria last year to have a reunion with all four generations of women named Marianne, but apart from that life is pretty hectic.

Fellow New York attorney Jose Fernandez is accumulating thousands of frequent-flier miles with Baker McKenzie as he works on Latin American security transactions in Montevideo and Sao Paulo. With his wife, Andrea Gabor, managing a successful literary career and the two of them looking after their young daughter, they may never cash in the miles.

Both couples make occasional trips to Pelham to visit Martha Blakemore and WesChapman. The Chapmans and their three daughters moved into a big old house up that way and provide fresh-air opportunities to their city friends. Wes is doing international investment work as a banker for Oppenheimer & Cos. in New York. Martha may have had a chance at some free time with her children getting older, but she traded it in for a degree in design and a practice of her own.

Marian Meijer Doorley said things in the Great Midwest aren't much slower. We started out talking about Janet Kluczinski's hobbies, but got around to Marian's plans for some home-improvement projects sandwiched around volunteer work and birthday bashes for her two kids. She and her husband, Frank, are going to eke out some spare time for a trip to Italy, but they'll probably be wracked with so much guilt about trying to relax, they won't enjoy it.

Around the time Marian and I were talking, Cathy Cook Holmstrom and her husband, Garry, were heading to Japan for Garry's three-year tour of duty with the navy. It seems Cathy has so little free time with her trio of rambunctious sons that she actually locks herself in the bathroom from time to time for some peace and quiet. In navy talk, is that using your head?

Two very busy Atlantans have been in the news recently. Kevin Ross is a partner at Hunton & Williams law firm, where he specializes in planning and zoning. Last year he successfully managed Bill Campbell s mayoral campaign. He also teaches at Emory University and serves on several city, county, and church organizations. He even has time for the Dartmouth Club of Georgia.

While Kevin is spearheading political initiatives in Atlanta, Maxwell Anderson is driving the arts in town. Maxwell has been director of Emory University's Art Museum since 1987, having received a Ph.D. from Harvard in art history. His major current project is the fundraising and planning of a $42-million performing-arts center for the school. Any of you out there with even a few minutes of spare time, drop me a line.

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