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...Gore can successfully sell his ability to enact real change, he might inflict some damage: Not only does Bush make tree-huggers cringe, but the governor continues to insist we don't know the reasons behind global warming. We need more time, he says. More studies. Will he change his mind when he reads the AP story...
Bush's top advisers say the number of toss-up states has increased in recent weeks--a sign, they insist, of how well their candidate is performing in traditionally Democratic areas. Bush is tied or within striking range not just in West Virginia but also in Oregon, Washington, Iowa and Wisconsin, each of which Democrats have won in the past three presidential elections. And in Tennessee, Gore's home state, and Bill Clinton's Arkansas, polls show the Texas Governor with a slight edge. "Bush is playing all over Gore's map," boasts Bill Paxon, a Bush lieutenant. "That puts...
...agreements, low crime rates and newly protected wilderness areas. "This race is about the future," he stammered instead. "President Clinton is my friend... But I'm not satisfied. I'm running on who I am and on my own." Gore denies friction with his White House partner, and aides insist they're not worried about being tied to the Clinton scandals, but the vice president's chilly feelings for Clinton are palpable. The same man who negotiated for weekly lunches with the President when he was being invited on the ticket now makes an effort to insist the two aren...
...work? For starters, coaches typically do not meet with clients in person. Thirty- to 45-minute weekly sessions are usually conducted by telephone, with e-mail exchanges in between, if needed. Sessions tend to cost anywhere from $250 to $500 a month and are not covered by insurance. Coaches insist they stay more focused on the phone and are often better listeners than friends and family can be. "Without realizing it, people close to you may have their own agendas for you," said Ann Fisher, based in Illinois, who left a magazine-publishing job to become a coach...
Even families that remain intact feel the financial pinch when one parent cuts back or quits work. Single-earner families with kids have lower needs-adjusted incomes than dual-earner families--almost $7,000 a year lower in 1997-- according to Waite and Nielsen. Proponents of at-home mothering insist, however, that staying home is more affordable than it may appear, since a second wage earner's job is accompanied by costs such as child care, transportation, restaurant meals, work clothes, cleaning bills and a higher income- tax bracket. Sheila Grillo, 34, a former sales rep who stays home with...