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...John Fitzgerald Kennedy [*] 1917-1963 A doting father, he left two children, ages five and three. John Jr. remembered him only vaguely...
...stayed clear of dramatic policy shifts on Taiwan, and last week he issued a statement reiterating his adherence to the U.S.'s one-China formula. "This isn't the kind of policy you can change on the stump," says an aide. That advice was evidently making the rounds. Republican John McCain and Democrats Al Gore and Bill Bradley remained committed to a Beijing-focused policy...
With George, the politics-and-celebrity magazine he founded and had edited since 1995, John F. Kennedy Jr. channeled the public attention that was his inheritance into a field where attention is the major currency. David Pecker, the former president and CEO of Hachette Filipacchi, George's publisher, recalls that after the 1992 election, Kennedy "became fascinated with the convergence of politics and pop culture," which was the organizing principle of George. Sporting Cindy Crawford on its first cover, George sought to draw celebrity-mad readers to politics, if not always for the most serious reasons--for instance...
...owners were ready to shut it down. Kennedy told staff last week that he was negotiating with other potential publishers. But if George's future looks doubtful without Kennedy, it will at least be an important artifact for having bridged the worlds of politics and celebrity--worlds that John F. Kennedy Jr. knew from both sides...
...John Francis ("Honey Fitz") Fitzgerald 1863-1950 Tenement born, he became Boston's mayor, and sang from a tabletop at grandson Jack's Senate election...