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...Smith doing on the big man's turf, and how fast would he get out? Why, Smith baldly lied, he and his mates had merely been chased upriver by the wicked Spanish and would soon be gone. Powhatan, who knew better, signaled for a band of sinewy warriors to press Smith's head upon an altar of stone and prepare to beat out his brains with clubs. But Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas intervened (see following story), and the chief embraced Smith as one of his own, giving him the honorary tribal name of Nantaquoud. He even offered Smith some nearby...
Sources: New York Times (3); Associated Press; USA Today; Christian Science Monitor; Washington Post...
...from Leningrad and Yeltsin's Prime Minister, would take over. In the final, pathetic chapter, Yeltsin evidently agreed to vanish from the political scene as long as Putin didn't pursue corruption cases against him. Putin then undid much of what Yeltsin had accomplished--tolerance (usually) of a free press, for example--and began to mold a Russia that is stronger, surer of itself yet more like the unforgiving Soviet state. Russia is still corrupt, but Putin has rekindled Russians' nostalgia for greatness. His popularity ratings are about 60%. Yeltsin retired quietly to his dacha outside Moscow and died last...
Bivens, 54, a former advertising executive at USA Today and president of Initiative Media North America, a press service agency, is poised to make the most of her coterie of cuties. She's promoting a marketing campaign with the tagline "These girls rock" and signed on a personal branding coach, Wendy Newman, who helps players hone their image. "We don't want to cookie-cutter-stamp anyone," says Bivens. "Part of this is to play up their differences...
Bivens' approach has not been bogey-free. Since her arrival, seven members of her senior staff have resigned or been fired, including three top executives who walked the same day. Her relationship with the press has been rocky at best. To protect the LPGA's content, Bivens distributed press credentials that tried to limit the use of photos by media organizations. Some refused to sign up. One result: the 2006 Fields Open in Hawaii was virtually blacked out by the media. The differences have since been worked out, but Bivens hasn't really budged. She says she's standing firm...