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...drinking; his bumpkinish trust in swindlers; and the indifferent treatment he gave his wife and four sons, one of whom, Billy, died last year at the age of 36, having suffered from Hodgkin's disease. In his later years, Mantle tried to atone for his sins, entering the Betty Ford Center, freely admitting his alcoholism and making peace with his sons. Mickey Jr., David and Danny were by his side when Mantle died of a rapidly spreading hepatoma at Baylor University Medical Center early Sunday morning...
...Obasanjo kept his promise to restore democracy, voluntarily handing over power to an elected President. Since then, he has incurred the enmity of the government by repeatedly speaking out against corruption and political repression both inside and outside Nigeria. He has joined the board of the Ford Foundation and served on Jimmy Carter's International Negotiations Network, which tries to resolve conflicts around the world peacefully. He seems to have driven Abacha into a rage by encouraging TransAfrica's pro-democracy campaign...
...funds local history centers, educational programs at all levels and the unending task of preserving millions of old documents and brittle newspapers, both physically and on microfilm. And much more, including the great Library of America series of American literary classics, co-sponsored by the NEH and the Ford Foundation...
...awards program, "Innovations in American Government," is sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the Kennedy school...
Still, it makes you wonder. The prosecution is concluding this case. We might just see a verdict months before Court TV's sweeps week! What then are we as a nation, and the press (as a multi-million dollar entertainment industry) to do, without the Bloody Glove, the White Ford Bronco and Kato the House Guest? What are we to do, scanning our 57 channels, without the live broadcasts from CNN and Court TV, without the nightly updates on the networks, without Kato co-hosting the USA Network's "Up-All-Night...