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...Apple's rough-around-the-edges tabloid went a bit schizophrenic in its coverage: In a box dissecting the candidates' Labor Day activities, the Post printed "asshole" in its early editions, although not in the larger article describing the flub. In a reprint of the box, editors substituted "a------" for the epithet...
...Ford and Firestone's biggest challenge these days was just getting 6.5 million defective tires off the road, they wouldn't be having such a rough ride. While the Aug. 9 voluntary recall has created a run on tires for the popular Ford Explorer SUV and Ranger pickups, rivals like Michelin and Goodyear have gladly picked up the slack. Close to 900,000 of the 15-in. Radial ATX, ATX II and certain Wilderness AT models linked to 62 deaths have been exchanged. To free up 70,000 more tires, Ford is temporarily shutting down three U.S. truck plants...
...Bush finds the case for substance isn't working, he may do what his father did in 1988 - play rough. And I am not sure Americans are in the mood for that this time. It might merely confirm their suspicions...
...some ways sympathetic figure. H.R. Haldeman had it about right when he compared Nixon to "a multifaceted quartz crystal. Some facets bright and shining, others dark and mysterious. And all of them constantly changing as the external light rays strike the crystal...some smooth and polished, others crude, rough, and sharp...
Woods won only one Tour event during the 19 months between July 1997 and February 1999. He often got frustrated and angry--at the thick rough where his shots often landed, at the press, at the demands of his fans and sponsors. Each time he lost, he declared that he was "a better golfer" than when he was winning in early 1997. "Winning," he said, "is not always the barometer of getting better...