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DIED. CLARK MACGREGOR, 80, moderate G.O.P. Congressman from Minnesota turned Nixon aide; in Pompano Beach, Fla. As chairman of the Committee to Re-Elect the President just after the Watergate break-in, he oversaw the strategy that led to Nixon's landslide victory over George McGovern in 1972. Never implicated in Watergate, MacGregor later said he had been "misled, deceived ...and lied to repeatedly." After the scandal, he left politics for good...
...What is it about the President's religious faith that makes him seem so jaunty as he faces the most fateful decision a President can make? Last week Bush careened from restrained but persistent evangelism before a convention of religious broadcasters to casual trash-talking with sailors in Jacksonville, Fla. "The terrorists brought this war to us--and now we're takin' it back to them," he told the troops, leaning an elbow on the lectern, squinting crosswise at the camera, tossing a breathy Clint Eastwood chuckle. "We're on their trail, we're smokin' them...
...Last week Bush careened from restrained but persistent evangelism before a convention of religious broadcasters to casual trash-talking with sailors in Jacksonville, Fla. "The terrorists brought this war to us - and now we're takin' it back to them," he told the troops, leaning an elbow on the lectern, squinting crosswise at the camera, tossing a breathy Clint Eastwood chuckle. "We're on their trail, we're smokin' them out, we've got 'em on the run." One imagined the French Foreign Minister watching this lunch-hour martial spectacle and choking on his baguette...
Rumsfeld's blueprint for the invasion of Iraq is impressive. Here's a suggestion: Let's put him on the front line. JINNY LEE Melrose, Fla...
Sometimes business opportunities may spring from unexpected sources. When Dennis Fried, 56, of Osprey, Fla., retired at 52, having become bored with his six-year job as a director of information development for a software company, he decided to start a consulting practice. With a master's degree in physics, a Ph.D. in philosophy and experience in computers, marketing, advertising, college teaching and even stand-up comedy, Fried figured that he could earn extra money by opening some kind of business out of his home. "I didn't feel I had enough money socked away to retire as comfortably...