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...remained since 1997. He also found success as an author with the 1998 best-selling book The Greatest Generation, which celebrated World War II veterans. Brokaw signed off his last newscast by telling viewers: "Thanks for all that I have learned from you. That's been my richest reward...
When the management company renovated its trading floor in 1998, Meyer sought to construct a room which would appear “light and cheerful but not opulent,” a curious distinction for the home of one of the richest endowments in the country...
...have a consensus that it's nonsense," says Rutan, "you don't have a breakthrough." He showed the design to Paul Allen, the reclusive, science-fiction-loving co-founder of Microsoft. "After a few minutes with Burt," says Allen, "you realize just how innovative he is." Allen, the fifth richest guy on the planet, agreed to fund Rutan's X Prize venture...
...many. Having already abandoned gun safety for electoral gain, Washington thumbsuckers are already advising the party to shed civil liberties, the separation of church and state, and fiscal responsibility from its agenda, too. All in response to a campaign in which Kerry’s vacillation was the richest Republican target. I do not know of a single swing voter the Democrats lost because they opposed cop-killer bullets and government intrusion in churches and libraries, and fought for a balanced budget. But I do know that silence on those issues is just as damaging as an offensively leftist position...
...watched and heavily bankrolled races, the G.O.P. prevailed. In Missouri Matt Blunt, the son of four-term Congressman Roy Blunt, beat state auditor Claire McCaskill; the two candidates spent a combined $7.3 million, also a likely state record. And in Utah a scion of one of the state's richest families, Jon Huntsman Jr., handily trounced Scott Matheson Jr. Matheson was supposed to be the best Democratic gubernatorial hope since his father left the job in 1984. Like many in his party, he will have to go back to the drawing board. --By David Van Biema