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...this wing of his party? The answer, so far, is a qualified yes. In fact, some polls now show Bush with as much as a 10-point lead over Vice President Al Gore, thanks in large part to the Texas governor's skillful disengagement from the orbit of Pat Robertson and the Christian Coalition, forces he was pressed into befriending by the insurgency of primary opponent John McCain. But whether he could successfully go from a mere flirtation with the left of his party to the embrace that would come with the selection of a pro-choice running mate...
...upheaval follows famous troubles at another suffering hedge fund, Julian Robertson's Tiger Management, which has shut down, and at Berkshire Hathaway, where Warren Buffett's poor performance of late has put the stock into a historic tailspin. Buffett, of course, is no day trader. But totting up the problems of some of the world's most revered investors can be instructive--O.K., and a little...
...main point: markets are risky, and even pros lose their shirts. Soros' funds ran into trouble trying to trade their way out of a loss. Robertson bullheadedly stuck too long with a concentrated position in out-of-favor value stocks. Buffett, whose stock has been edging back, refused even small exposure to an important sector: technology...
...version of the First Amendment, while an altered version of Jasper Johns's interlocking "Three Flags" painting, with one flag's corner drooping limply, hangs in the background, next to six quotes by Giuliani and perennial anti-National Endowment for the Arts stalwarts Jesse Helms, Pat Buchanan and Pat Robertson. The sound of soldiers marching can be heard emanating from the open trash bins...
What you'd have had to look very hard to see in Washington was anyone resembling a leader. Because there isn't one, in the usual sense. No Abbie Hoffman. No Pat Robertson. Sure, Ralph Nader is wandering around (see accompanying story), and so is satirical filmmaker Michael Moore, but they're not calling the shots or giving marching orders. The Mobilization for Global Justice isn't a top-down affair. Like the Internet itself, and unlike the coalition's corporate enemies, the antiglobalist movement is a body that manages to survive, and even thrive, without a head...