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...farm on a hunch and streak past his stunned, sometimes resentful rivals as he collected an armful of glittering prizes. It is a career arc that, in national politics at least, might be shocking were it not so much like that of another Southern pol who jumped at mid-life into high-stakes politics and found himself in the White House seven years later...
...before and his voting history was spotty (his excuse: he was often too busy with legal cases to vote), Edwards insists he had long been intrigued by the idea of public service. In fact, Wade had told friends his father was considering a run. Edwards' public explanation for his mid-life pivot is that it was merely an extension of his lifelong mission as the Equalizer. "If you can't help enough people being a lawyer, consider being a lawmaker" is how he thought of the plan, according to his 2003 autobiography, Four Trials...
...brother of Matt Dillon and evidently the best sport in Hollywood.) Dillon gives depth and poignancy to a one-joke character. Admittedly, it's often a great joke, as when Drama brags about having been on "Blue"--it turns out he means not NYPD but Pacific Blue, the mid-'90s show about buff bicycle cops. Grenier, likewise, gives Vince a sweet, dim Vinnie Barbarino appeal. Vince doesn't read scripts--even for the movie he just made--but he seems savvy enough to know the utility of his dumbness...
...INDICATORS The Beet Goes On The European Commission announced an overhaul of the E.U.'s sugar regime. Beginning in 2005, Brussels wants production reduced by 16% over four years and the guaranteed price for the region's sugar producers slashed by one-third by mid...
...record 55 titles about real estate investing reached bookstores last year, and an additional 50 are arriving this year--more than double the pace of the mid-1990s, when housing was inarguably a great buy, according to Booksinprint.com Still, "there has never been a better time to invest in real estate," says LeGrand, whose strategy is to hold properties "days, weeks or maybe months--never years." The crush of today's printed advice is aimed at investors, not people looking for a place to live. It boils down to three tips...