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John McCain spent the past year trying to show the differences between him and Bush. So now when it behooves him, he casts those marked differences aside? This certainly doesn't sound like the white knight of the government corruption fight. But upon further review it seems consistent with the John McCain that exists beneath the veil of heroism with which the media adorned...
...made it safely to the U.S. When TIME shows his parents pictures of Canting standing outside his restaurant and sitting in a car, the mother rushes off to show all her neighbors, as proud as American parents displaying college graduation photos of their children. Like the knight who slayed the dragon, Chen Canting overcame the dangers challenging him, risking death on the high seas, imprisonment in four countries and abandonment in a nation where he knew nothing of the language or the culture. He broke the law and remains an illegal immigrant, which still poses a problem...
...raider, the partners brought in self-made French billionaire Francois Pinault, the owner of Christie's auction house and part owner of Converse shoes, who used a controversial clause in Gucci's bylaws to purchase a 42% stake in the firm for $2.9 billion. Arnault insists Gucci's white-knight strategy was illegal, and the battle for the company is still wending through Dutch courts. (Gucci is incorporated in the Netherlands...
...Kids on the Block, two of whom have made praiseworthy efforts at pulling mildly successful independent careers from the wreckage that was NKOTB. Although the boys are teen idols no more (they are both in their late 20s), fans in the under-13 age bracket continue to adore Jordan Knight (winner of Single of the Year for "Give It to You") and Joey McIntyre (winner of Outstanding Video for "I Love You Came Too Late"). I was entirely flabbergasted to see both of them called to the stage at various points during the evening, as I wasn't aware there...
...directors of the Nieman Foundation and the John S. Knight Fellowships at Stanford University also both resigned during last 18 months...