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...locked in major donors from around the country and stirred up so much giddy anticipation among G.O.P. activists that there is already wild talk about Bush's invincibility. Scores of fund raisers, party wise men and elected officials have made the trek to Austin in recent months, and most seem to have come away with the same feeling as Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating. "I have met the victor," Keating says of Bush...
...here it is, yet another 1,000-plus pages, and in the end it was worth the wait. Kissinger again displays an intellectual ambition, provocativeness and mix of sweep and detail that make other memoirs seem pale. Of course that doesn't mean Years of Renewal (Simon & Schuster; $35) is a relaxing beach read. The narratives and character sketches (including those of Nixon and Ford, excerpted in this issue) are often vivid delights, but they are leavened by meticulous trudges through old battlegrounds (some repetitive of previous volumes) that make up in defensiveness what they lack in concision. To paraphrase...
Analysts don't seem to want to hear about it. They look at Polo/RL as a high-cost operator, a dandy living beyond its means. The company's seven flagship stores--the latest, a 37,000-sq.-ft. monument to fantasy and finery on Chicago's Michigan Avenue--are money pits. Lauren says the analysts miss the point: the flagships succeed as marketing beacons. Nevertheless, sacrifices had to be made to the Street. Last month Polo/RL announced a restructuring, laying off 5% of the work force and shutting nine outlet stores. Is that enough of a (suede calfskin) belt tightening...
LINDA TRIPP Given new job by Pentagon, but this time she has to show up to get paid. New colleagues seem wary...
Visiting four of the main locales--there are many more--requires several days. If distances seem long to young ones, families can read the books aloud en route and marvel at the cheerful fortitude of the Ingalls girls, who uncomplainingly journeyed over rough ground in covered wagons with hard seats and no air-conditioning...