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...rushed it downstairs so we wouldn't have a completely dry day." Kerry had to make one last big decision--whether to take out a $6.4 million loan on his Boston home, which represented most of his personal fortune, to finance the campaign. His wife may be heir to the Heinz-family fortune, but campaign-finance laws prevent her giving to his campaign more than a $2,000 donation. By law, Kerry could lend himself only his, rather small, share of their joint assets. If he lost and couldn't repay the loan on his home, he would...
There is some dispute about whether and where Bush and Kerry crossed paths during the years they overlapped at Yale. They certainly ran in different circles. Among the more vivid contrasts between Bush and Kerry is the fact that Bush, the true political heir, showed so little interest in the substance of politics while Kerry, whose father was a public servant, though not a very happy one, fell deeper and deeper in love with public life. Where Bush ended up president of the fraternity and knew the name of every pledge from the day he walked in the door, Kerry...
...resting on the shoulders of three members of the next generation. Elkann and his younger brother Lapo are grandsons of Giovanni Agnelli, and Andrea is Umberto's son by his second marriage. The family's line of succession was disrupted when Umberto's eldest son, long seen as the heir apparent, died of cancer in 1997--and Giovanni's son committed suicide in 2000. The three cousins have limited business experience...
...Heir Cut Viacom's No. 2 is out, as Sumner Redstone reasserts his power...
...shining city on a hill was long out of fashion, but it was a core belief of Reagan's, and it is no accident that it animates the man who occupies the White House now. George W. Bush, though a President's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's. Long after Reagan had retreated from the public eye behind the veil of Alzheimer's disease, his influence over the politicians of our time, from both major parties, only grew. "The question really arose whether the presidency was a viable institution," says Fred Greenstein...