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...Middle East peace process. President Bush consults regularly with Crown Prince Abdullah, the de facto Saudi ruler, on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the Saudis' influence is limited. Though Abdullah has dangled normalized relations with Israel in exchange for a Palestinian state, only Washington has the credibility to drag the two sides to the negotiating table...
...Elaine Lancaster, the 6-ft. 2-in. drag queen who is the hostess of the club, says she approves of Reno's moves. "Tonight she looks great in black," she says of Reno's suit skirt. "It's all about fashion." Reno's younger sister Maggy Hurchalla is equally impressed. "She can make her feet move. I just pretend," she says. "Jeb can probably dance better than Janey and I can. He's conventional...
...comedy-actress categories were more routine - Patricia Heaton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Debra Messing, yada yada yada - but it was nice to see "Sex and the City's" Cynthia Nixon nominated as Miranda for supporting, and not just Kim Cattrall for the ever-more-drag-queen-like Samantha. (But Lauren Graham, denied a comedy-actress spot for "Gilmore Girls," was robbed. Not only is she so cool and bracing she should wear a speared olive on her head, but given the rat-a-tat hour-long "Gilmore" scripts, she may well have to memorize more dialogue per episode than actors...
...culture where vegetarianism is common, where it is publicly promoted on health and ecological grounds." And kids, as any parent can tell you, spur the consumer economy; that explains in part the burgeoning sales of veggie burgers (soy, bulgur wheat, cooked rice, mushrooms, onions and flavorings in Big Mac drag) in supermarkets and fast-food chains...
...expenses - the best cost just 0.5% or less of assets per year - give them a huge long-term edge over active stock pickers who charge 1.5% or more. Combine those fees with the hidden expenses, such as the trading costs incurred by some hyperactive managers, and the real drag on a managed fund can get close to 3%. That, if you believe the LBS group's numbers, could wipe out your long-term gain from stocks over cash or bonds. And if one thing's for sure, this is no time to start throwing money away...