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Though Gore needs money for a presidential race, he also needs clean hands. Plus he has to pre-empt a possible primary challenge from former Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, who wants to make a signature issue out of campaign-finance reform. Lately Gore has been promoting the idea of requiring broadcast outlets to provide advertising slots, the main thing campaigns spend money on, free of charge to them. No big outlays, goes the reasoning, no need for big fund raising. But on the most important piece of current reform legislation, the McCain-Feingold bill banning "soft money" contributions...
...Democratic doyen had already paid more than $10 million to Averell's heirs, who had accused her and her advisers of blowing $40 million outright, including $20 million on a doomed hotel project in New Jersey. She also spent lavishly on herself. Alas, she didn't die smartly either. According to the Washington Post, she did not set up a trust to shelter the estate from taxes, so her heirs will receive a hefty bill from...
...bank--money that will come from those of us stupid enough to believe the additional footage is worth the hefty ticket price. The hype is sickening, and I am very disappointed in George Lucas, who, I now realize, only sees us consumers as dollar signs. RICH MEYER Bridgewater, New Jersey...
That kind of devotion forces me to re-evaluate my own loyalties. If the Yankees moved to Honolulu, would I still be a Yankee fan? What if they moved to New Jersey? Am I actually a fan not of "New York" per se, but of big business? Am I, in the words of Jerry Seinfeld, 'rooting for shirts...
This is not to say that I would not be a fan of whatever new team was formed. If the new team were in Jakarta, the proximity thing might be an issue. But if the lucky city were in New Jersey, my adoration of the team's players and current makeup may make me a fan of the new team, holding the old one as distinct in my sports fan's heart...