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...version of one. After last week's announcement, Kerry's national security adviser Rand Beers said, "Today that back door swung wide open." Retired Lieut. General Theodore Stroup, who directed Army personnel during Gulf War I, remarks, "This is not a draft. There will be some people who are upset, because they had planned on getting on with their lives." But, says Stroup, "you do sign an obligation...
...nature ill suited to superstardom. Maybe he didn't want to be anyone's figurehead. He said, truly, that he had an attention span of about seven minutes. Besides, he didn't like delving too deeply into himself. He called that activity "pearl diving," and it upset and scared him. "Actors have to observe," he once said, "and I enjoy that part of it. They have to know how much spit you have in your mouth and where the weight of your elbows is. I could sit all day in the Optimo Cigar Store on Broadway [which he often...
...listed his top election strategists, it revealed that the group of six was all white, angering black activists who feel the Democratic Party takes African Americans for granted. Noting that Bill Clinton was sometimes called America's first black President, Kerry said earlier this year, "I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second." Responds a senior Clinton Administration official who is black: "That ain't gonna happen. He's not going to out-Clinton Clinton, and if he tried, he would look phony...
After the Detroit Pistons obliterated the Los Angeles Lakers to claim the National Basketball Association title last week in the sport's biggest upset in more than 25 years, the two masterminds behind the win, Pistons coach Larry Brown and general manager Joe Dumars, didn't get the chance to congratulate each other until the next morning. The night had been a blur of confetti, champagne blasts and Kid Rock music. Finally, at around 9 a.m., the two grabbed a moment alone in Dumars' office at the Pistons' arena, the Palace, in Auburn Hills, Mich. Both working on three hours...
Detroit's Slam Dunk The pair behind the NBA's biggest upset in 25 years...