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...motley financial team like Ronald Lauder, an heir to the Estee Lauder fortune, Wall Street dealmaker Ted Forstmann, Bill Cosby and especially Powell's cousin Bruce Llewellyn, one of the wealthiest blacks in the country. He wanted to know how much he would need to raise to mount a challenge to Dole; they said about $10 million between now and the February starting gun. Given his allies and stature, that wouldn't be hard, with a series of major dinners in about 30 cities. What would be tricky is organizing the drive at the same time that Powell is building...
...General Colin Powell moves closer to a decision, speculation continues to mount as to which of three options he will choose: to mount an independent or third party candidacy, to enter the already-crowded but uninspiring Republican field, or to simply remain in retirement...
...JUST ABOUT THE TIME COLUMBUS was sailing into the Caribbean, a young Inca girl, almost a woman, was trudging up the steep slopes of Mount Ampato (elev. 20,700 ft.), in what is now southern Peru, knowing that her life would come to an end at the summit. Her sacrifice, considered the greatest honor her people could bestow, would appease the mountain god--the source of good fortune (in the form of rain to bless the crops) and terror (snowstorms, earthquakes and avalanches) to Inca culture. Did she march bravely to the center of the ceremonial platform...
Juanita might have rested undisturbed for centuries more had it not been for the rumblings of a nearby volcano. For the past five years it has spewed ash over Mount Ampato, melting its snowcap and causing the ground to shift. The movement caused Juanita's ceremonial platform to collapse, and she literally tumbled off. Zarate had to rappel down a ravine to retrieve gold and silver statues, festooned with feathers, that were part of the traditional offering to the gods. Reinhard had scaled dozens of Andean peaks over the past 15 years searching for just such a treasure...
...Crimson followed with respectable performances at the Yale Invitational and last weekend's Mount Holyoke Invitational...