Word: john
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Though we did not always see the pictures of John-John that were taken backstage by Captain Cecil Stoughton, the official White House photographer, we heard the stories of the young ham. When he lost a front tooth, he proudly looked up at Stoughton to show the great gap. Indeed, Stoughton and John-John became buddies of a sort. The photographer knew a good subject when he saw one and realized that someday history would treasure those images. John-John liked the captain's company, so much so that often when he saw Stoughton he would squeal, "Take my picture...
...John Kennedy Jr. was one of the least cynical people I've ever met. When he was thinking of launching George magazine, we had lunch at a tiny Thai restaurant near his Manhattan office. I argued that getting folks inspired about politics was a daunting task. He leaned forward and placed both hands out on the table. "No, no, no," he said, his eyes wide. "People are less jaded than you think." He told me, with great passion, how much his father had relished the joy and nobility of politics and how he knew in his heart that people were...
Even in the diverse global economy of today, the car business is cyclical. At the moment we're in a boom. The trick is to sell before the bust. "The time to buy auto stocks is when times are bad but not getting worse," notes Merrill Lynch analyst John Casesa. "The time to sell is when times are good but not getting better." Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian showed us the way. He was buying Chrysler at $10 in 1991, when the company was on its back. His $1.5 billion investment is worth more than $5 billion...
...John F. Dickerson/Washington
Admit that you found yourself admiring John Kasich last week when he withdrew from the Republican presidential race. It's said that Kasich, who never got past the single digits in the polls and had mustered the sort of funds that would be considered tip money by the campaign of George Quincy Bush, was simply being realistic. He can't win. My point, exactly. Given the fever that grips people running for President, simply being realistic always comes as a welcome surprise. When Orrin Hatch gets realistic enough to withdraw, he'll be praised with comments like "He wasn...