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CHART: NOT AVAILABLE CREDIT: NO CREDIT CAPTION: THE DUBIOUS VENTURE During the 1980s, the Clintons were involved in an Arkansas real estate partnership with a crash-and-burn thrift-operator whose collapsed institution cost taxpayers $47 million. The Clintons deny any wrongdoing, but many mysteries endure, including how much they knew about their partner's activities and whether any of the S&L funds were diverted into the Governor's campaign coffers...
...motorcycling correspondent and feature writer for the Guardian newspaper in Britain. Andrea's motorcycle roots run deeper: she was a pro rider for five years and is the granddaughter of a race organizer, daughter of an engineer and widow of a rider who died in a 1979 crash. In the years following the accident, she married Barry and went to work as the public relations manager for American motorcycle race champion Randy Mamola, 45. In 1986 Mamola decided to lend some of his considerable prestige and fund-raising ability to charitable work. "Randy wanted to help children," says Andrea...
...that leaves room for an unpleasant sequel. If the initiatives crash, Schwarzenegger will have an even tougher road to re-election next year--and could face competition from another Hollywood hero. Democratic stalwart Warren Beatty has begun making speeches against the Governor, and while Beatty tells TIME he doesn't particularly want to run for office, he won't rule it out. "I don't think any good citizen should take that off the table," he said, adding, "I am flattered by the question." Wonder if Arnie can still remember that feeling...
...become Chief Justice. On the contrary, many of the senators that spoke with Miers were less than enthused with her knowledge of the Constitution. In fact, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Arlen Specter, R-Pa., declared upon speaking with her that she needed “a crash course in constitutional law.” While we applaud Harriet Miers’ decision to withdraw, we hope that this doesn’t motivate President Bush to nominate a far-right justice to please his base. History shows that nominating another intelligent, affable legal mind along the lines...
...once a year, and it is certainly worth taking time out from studying to support a fun college rivalry. And for those freshmen worried that they might find themselves wandering aimlessly the skid row that is New Haven, University Hall has arranged for all students, not just upperclassmen, to crash in Yale’s residential colleges...