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...moment when many voters are particularly tuned in to the issue. In the U.S. Senate race between Hillary Clinton and Rick Lazio, soft money took center stage last week, when the candidates signed an agreement to stop accepting any unregulated contributions. And this week, campaign finance dogmatists Sens. Russ Feingold and John McCain challenged Gore and Bush to follow suit. Gore, who's seen by many as the ultimate master of dubious fund-raising practices, managed to simultaneously accept the challenge and take a swipe at his opponent. Bush demurred, saying he didn't think he could trust Gore...
...Community Intelligence Fund isn't quite so democratic as the name implies. Says Morningstar mutual-fund analyst Russ Kinnel: "The name is kind of a smoke screen." Ultimately the fund's management team buys just a fraction of the thousands of picks tipsters submit. The choices are based on quantitative analysis, a computer model to screen stocks. If you want a quant fund, Kinnel suggests looking at more established names like Fidelity Disciplined Equity, the Numeric Investors family of funds or veteran manager John Bogle Jr.'s new Bogle Small Growth fund...
Marcia and Russ Mangiapane, of Lavonia, Mich., both veterans of awful relationships, wanted to be as certain as possible that when they pledged "till death do us part," they had a fighting chance at success. The cosmetologist, 32, and sales executive, 35, dated for three years and were engaged for two more years. "We were skeptical because there's so much lack of faithfulness and trust and commitment," says Marcia. When they finally decided to wed, she says, "we did feel it would be forever. We had everything in common--skiing and Rollerblading and food and pets...
Still, as a child of divorce, Marcia confesses, if things went bad, "it would be a piece of cake for me to say, 'See ya.'" Then, within months of their marriage four years ago, Marcia experienced a series of losses: her father, her mother and her best friend. "Russ didn't know how to react," she says. "I felt abandoned, and we thought we were getting divorced...
...feelings were not surprising, says Carolyn Cowan. "We find that if they were not exposed to couple relationships where the partners worked out their differences satisfactorily, modern couples do not find it easy to struggle through the difficult times, or think of getting some help." Marcia and Russ did seek help, from Joe Bavonese of the Relationship Center in Royal Oak, Mich., and the pair emerged stronger. "We're newlyweds again!" Marcia crows. Now, more than when they took their vows, she believes in forever...