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...that Republican had better have matchless hawkish credentials. And few can match either Donald Rumsfeld's hawkish stripes or his reputation as a bureaucratic brawler. Indeed, one of the more widely reprinted legends surrounding the 69-year-old Defense Secretary, who served in the same post under President Ford, alleges that Henry Kissinger once told Republican insiders that of all the despots he'd had to deal with, none was more ruthless than Donald Rumsfeld...
Arizona's Proposition 200, which passed four years ago, was a radical departure for a conservative Republican state. Before the vote, former Presidents Ford, Carter and Bush released a letter attacking it. Drug czar Barry McCaffrey flew to Phoenix and warned that it amounted to "the legalization of all drugs." But the politicians may have been out of touch with popular sentiment. Recalls political consultant Sam Vagenas, who steered the Arizona initiative: "When we asked focus groups if we were winning the war on drugs, people just laughed...
Gene Pierce grew up in Tupelo but left to work as an air-bag engineer for Ford. He came home to manage True Temper, whose 473 employees produce steel shafts for golf clubs sold from Tokyo to Turin. Comparing Tupelo with the metropolitan areas, Pierce says, "The pay is just as good here, and there's less hassle...
GETTING GREENER More companies are adding socially responsible funds to their 401(k)s. Even Ford and GM have started offering a few, including the Domini Social Equity index fund, which refuses to invest in environmentally unfriendly carmakers. Greens tend to be tech-heavy, and some index funds paid the price. The top-rated managed funds were able to beat the S&P with a clear conscience...
...While Pearl Harbor, with its Memorial Day kickoff, is clearly the war movie for the summer, at the opposite end of the war holiday schedule is something equally compelling for cinephiles. While Francis Ford Coppola hasn't directed a movie since 1997, in recent months, he's been revising his 1979 Vietnam War epic, Apocalypse Now. The film has already achieved legendary status in the cinematic community, but Coppola saw fit to entirely re-edit the film and add 53 minutes worth of footage, which now clocks in at a whopping 3 1/4 hours. The original tale where Captain Willard...