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George W. Bush did better at the NAACP convention than Bob Dole did a few years back, but then again, Bush actually showed up. Dole never addressed the group, accusing NAACP president Kwesi Mfume of "trying to set me up" with his invitation. That wasn't a hard act to follow...
...this infectious, just-shy-of-annoying sunniness--even more than the quick one-liners and freakishly detailed automotive expertise they dole out to callers--that makes Car Talk the No. 1 non-news show on NPR, reaching 3 million listeners through more than 500 stations. "Most people are miserable for no reason. We live in a world that's pretty perfect. You wake up every morning and your car starts and you're healthy," says Ray, 51. "We are just reveling in the misery of others," clarifies Tom, 63. "They call us and tell us their cars burst into flames...
POTENCY. VASECTOMY. PROSTATE CANCER. In the past few years, prompted by the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the introduction of Viagra and Bob Dole's ED (erectile dysfunction) campaign, America has learned to speak more frankly about male sexuality. Now Dr. Richard Spark, a professor at Harvard Medical School, takes the case for openness a step further in Sexual Health for Men: The Complete Guide (Perseus). Spark tackles such sensitive issues as premature ejaculation, enlarged breasts and hot flashes in men, penile implants and male menopause...
...board tends to attract some of Harvard's more famous graduates. The board's membership over the last few years has included actor John A. Lithgow '67, author Michael Crichton '64, one-time Republican presidential candidate Elizabeth H. Dole and Vice President Al Gore...
...paying her to stay home, welfare officials encouraged her to keep her low-paying job and offered to pay all but $25 of her monthly day-care bill. That was in 1994, and today it's clear that Minnesota's investment in Halverson paid off. She got off the dole after a year, and now earns a $45,000 salary as a manager at a regional telephone company. She has never married, but Halverson, 29, says she would like to change that...