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...President Bush and his political guru Karl Rove were big Riordan backers, and the former Los Angeles mayor came back into politics at Bush's urging. But Riordan never seemed especially enthused. He didn't bother to prepare for politics outside Los Angeles. He displayed little knowledge of statewide issues, once telling farmers that his plan for helping agriculture was to hire the best experts on the subject...
...Davis has the Republican he wants. But he may regret what he paid for. Simon, an investment guru with a portfolio of liabilities Riordan could have used against him - he's never held office before, he's voted only sporadically, and he's only lived in California for 12 years - still ran a surprisingly strong campaign. He took a slow, prudent approach to the primary, getting his name out and wooing key party leaders. But he'll have to ratchet up his game if he plans to beat Davis, who despite his gray personality is a smart and tenacious campaigner...
...women’s studies concentrator, Redd contributed the information and research on gender while Foley, who she terms an SAT guru, wrote on the standardized test itself, including trends across gender and racial lines and combative strategies. Although Foley expected a research assistant in Redd, he says he was pleasantly surprised by her professionalism, expertise and commitment to the project. “I am happy to count her as a friend and not just a collaborator. I really look forward to watching her career grow, and her grow into her career,” he gushes...
...Cape Man, his first musical on Broadway, he wrote all new material. The show tanked. So BILLY JOEL isn't taking any chances. When he tests the waters on the Great White Way in October, he'll use songs that are already proven hits. Conceived by modern-dance guru Twyla Tharp, who will also choreograph and direct, Movin' Out will use the successful formula of Mamma Mia!, the hit Broadway show in which a story line has been concocted to accompany the greatest hits of ABBA. The plot of Movin' Out will follow six friends from 1967, when audiences will...
DIED. ALFRED HEINEKEN, 78, beer tycoon and marketing guru who led the Heineken brewery through nearly half a century of growth and designed its famous red star logo; in Noordwijk, the Netherlands...