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Vernon's achievements continued through his two-year tenure in private enterprise, beginning in 1954, where he played a role in the creation of an American cultural icon: the M&M chocolate candy. As coordinator of the new product for Hawley and Hoops, the candy's manufacturer, Vernon was dubbed "the man who put the crunch...
...told her. "They won't hurt you." In the 39 years since, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg has rarely run willingly into the glare of public attention. Instead she has allowed her cousins to inherit the Kennedy legacy of political ambition and her younger brother to assume the role of family icon. Meanwhile, she has tended to her three children, walked anonymously through New York City's streets and granted few extended interviews, except during publicity rushes for her two books. "She is first and foremost a wife and mother," says Paul Kirk Jr., chairman of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation...
...have it in your heart. I can tell. But unless you're ready to fight for what you believe in, it won't matter." Today I hear those words often, always in his voice. David Ogilvy was far more than a Hall of Fame copywriter. He became an icon and a brand. His legacy will be one of brilliance, complexity, flair, passion and proof that enduring values can indeed travel around the world. The strength of David's guiding principles, his respect for the consumer's intelligence and his determination to have truth be central to the commercial success...
...looks more and more like the GOP leaders against the world. From the White House (Al Gore stopped by late Tuesday to trash the bill for neglecting Medicare) to the polls, the appetite for a cut that big just isn?t there right now. Even fellow Republican and economic icon Alan Greenspan is in on the finger-wagging. In testimony before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday, the Fed chairman more or less repeated what he told the House last week: In this time of economic plenty, tax cuts aren?t bad, but debt repayment ?- and preparing for boomers? retirements...
TIMOTHY LEARY Late counterculture icon of the '60s was an FBI informer. Put that in your pipe and smoke...