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...sales in the U.S. The past decade has not been kind to European companies like BMW and Mercedes, which have had their U.S. revenues run over first by a bad economy and then by Japanese luxury models. "It was not just accidental sheer desire to build a vehicle," says Rick Ford, a senior vice president of Porsche, USA. "With this company we can ill afford an error." Porsche saw its U.S. sales nose-dive from a high...
...script by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore, the Enterprise is sailing through space, with its Frisbee contours and fabulous tail fins, toward mop-up duty in the Federation's war against its ugliest nemesis. The Borg are flying back to the 21st century to prevent the first rendezvous between humans and benevolent extraterrestrials, then to "assimilate" all earthlings and turn them into crusty, cranky robots. Picard, who has been denied active duty for the very reason he needs to fight--because of his earlier assimilation by the Borg--disobeys orders and, y'know, saves the galaxy...
...result is a fascinating and somewhat chilling tale, produced in extraordinary collaboration by two of our savviest political analysts, senior writer Richard Stengel and senior correspondent Eric Pooley. "With Rick and Eric, you know you're going to get the story behind the story," says senior editor Priscilla Painton, who along with assistant managing editor Steve Koepp oversaw our election-issue package. "Eric burrows into a story and doesn't come back until he has every detail. Rick never loses sight of the big picture...
Ultraconservative Muldoon emphasizes the need to revive religion and stop the "moral decay" of the country. He captured primary voters with his spirited speeches, ridiculing Rick Boucher's high-tech expertise, saying, "the information superhighway is a great thing, but you can't drive on it." Instead, he wants to build roads and infrastructure to lead business into southwest Virginia. His energy seems potent, but Muldoon faces a formidable opponent...
...RICK WHITE (R) District...