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...never understand you,” she said when I returned to Georgia at the end of April. “You quit for no reason! How drop-out make money?” Suddenly she thought I might end up as a middle-aged man, dirtied by mud and sweat, eager to collect 2,500 Vietnamese Dong. During her childhood, depression and personal turmoil were to be expected. My task, she thought, was to press on, to speed through school and complete life’s mission to support my family. Instead of carrying water buckets...
...myself useful" when he left office. Lately he has shown how. He was there last month to give Andrew Cuomo a nudge out of the New York Governor's race. And it was his go-ahead that NewJersey Senator Robert Torricelli sought last week when scandal forced him to quit his reelection bid. "If he's on the phone," says a Democratic strategist, with alaugh, "you probably don't want to take the call. He's the Tony Soprano of tristate politics." Or at least the go-to guy for most of the potential Democratic contenders in 2004. Says...
...already shown their potential to penetrate the armor of the tobacco industry. In a 1998 settlement between the industry and 45 states, for example, tobacco companies agreed to pay out $206 billion in damages over 25 years, in addition to sponsoring anti-smoking advertisements and programs to help smokers quit. The unprecedented size of this settlement, together with the small but important reforms on which it is contingent, represent the first forced concession of the seemingly impervious industry. In Miami, the first class action lawsuit decided by trial has yielded a $144 billion award, pending appeal...
...useful" when he left office. Lately he has shown how. He was there last month to give Andrew Cuomo a nudge out of the New York Governor's race. And it was his go-ahead that New Jersey Senator Robert Torricelli sought last week when scandal forced him to quit his re-election bid. "If he's on the phone," says a Democratic strategist, with a laugh, "you probably don't want to take the call. He's the Tony Soprano of tristate politics." Or at least the go-to guy for most of the potential Democratic contenders...
...Lula and the U.S. ever warm to each other? "Our elites still have the mentality of colonists," Lula told TIME. "Latin America has to quit treating the U.S. as an empire." In the interview, the PT candidate made it clear that, if he's elected, George W. Bush may have to wait beyond the current 2005 deadline to achieve a hemisphere-wide free-trade pact - especially since, as he notes, Bush preaches free trade to Brazil yet still maintains high tariffs against Brazil's most competitive products, steel and frozen orange juice. Which means the only choice Washington seems...