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...then, in the early 1990s, Furrow was drawn into a club that was perfect for someone who had never really fit anywhere else. He joined the Aryan Nations, an organization of neo-Nazi white supremacists founded in the mid-1970s by former aeronautical engineer Richard Butler near Hayden Lake, Idaho. Butler based the group on the religious doctrine of Christian Identity, established in Los Angeles in the late 1940s by an anti-Semitic rabble rouser named Wesley Swift. Christian Identity holds that white Aryans are the authentic lost tribes of Israel, the true descendants of Adam and Eve. Jews...
...part to Rove. On Saturday, when Bush handily won the straw poll, the victory was a validation of a risky campaign plan Rove devised late last year, after Bush won re-election in Texas. The "yellow rose garden" strategy kept Bush in Austin, and off the campaign trail, until mid-June--leaving him just two months to organize for an event in which other candidates had invested years...
Ever since Italian manufacturer Piagio introduced the iconic scooters to the U.S. in 1951, Vespas have had a devoted following. Supplies of the bikes dwindled after a 1981 California law prohibiting their smog-emitting engines led Piagio to stop exporting them to the U.S. in the mid-'80s. Yet demand has only grown, and lately devotees have transformed a cultish affection into an unprecedented vintage-scooter revival. Sales of old and restored Vespas and Lambrettas (no longer produced) have more than tripled since 1996, averaging $3,500 each...
First the good numbers: After a rapid run-up in teen drug use during the mid-'90s, usage among 12-to-17-year-old kids has fallen from 11.4 to 9.9 percent from 1997 to 1998. That's still more than in the early part of this decade, but at least the pattern of increase has been reversed. Now the bad: The government's annual survey of 25,500 Americans (who apparently have less trouble than George W. Bush in talking about such things) shows that drug usage is still steadily going up among those in their late teens...
...Since mid-April, the pessimists have been winning the valuation squabble. Amazon.com once boasting a market value twice that of Sears, is now about as big as the Sears tool department. Founder Jeff Bezos has seen $8 billion of his net worth evaporate in four months. Sure, he's still worth $5 billion, but the roller-coaster ride is taking a toll on less well-heeled entrepreneurs and investors...