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...Rolling out a whole pot of new money is what doomed his father's effort to do a similar thing in 1989, when the $400 billion price tag ($600 billion in today's dollars) became a symbol of NASA bloat. Laying out only a few dollars now is also smart politics at a time of $500 billion deficits, when the President is facing conservative Republicans who are irritable over his big-spending ways and Democrats who are complaining that Bush's pie-in-the-sky proposals crowd out important domestic priorities. And Bush will not even be footing the bill...
...little concerned about what happens in Iraq and Afghanistan, and American casualties. The thing I've learned, after it's all over and having lost, you don't get there unless you've got a lot on the ball. You've got to be smart, got to be quick, you have to have a good mind. Experience counts, but other qualities matter too. You don't win those primaries unless people think you've got them. That's why the polls show Dean may be slipping...
...ending his days late, bouncing between Idol, On-Air and Top 40 (taped across the hall from the On-Air studio). "I have never seen anyone work so hard at so many different things," says his idol-consigliere Clark. "People don't realize that guys who do this are smart. You've got to have brains to make it look easy." And as Clark should know, a nice head of hair doesn't hurt either. --Reported by Jeanne McDowell/Los Angeles
READY, SET, SHOP Now it's time to head to the dealer. First, you negotiate on the car and divulge as little about your situation as you can, says James Walsh, author of Smart Wheels, Hot Deals. Don't say whether you have a trade-in, how much money you're putting down, how much you want to pay a month or how you plan to finance the car. Just say, Let's talk about price. Only when you have settled on a number, do you say, I'd like to talk about financing. The dealer will tell you what...
...latest smart phones running Microsoft and Palm operating systems are getting some fresh competition from Nokia, the leading handsetmaker. Smaller than a handheld computer but bigger than an ordinary cell phone, the new 6620 will let you check your e-mail, send digital photos, and access the Web over a GSM data network from AT&T that is capable of speeds of up to 100 kbps, about twice as fast as some other Web-enabled phones. Bundled applications include the Real One video player and MightyPhone synching software for keeping your contacts and appointments up-to-date. The phone also...