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...popular governors and one of the GOP's most potent figures, a bid to replace his brother in the White House could leave most voters with the impression that the Bushes are trying to be not just a political dynasty, but royalty. Better, the thinking goes, for Jeb to wait until 2012 or 2016. Another reason is personal: friends and aides say Jeb's family, especially his wife Columba and daughter Noelle, who is recovering from drug addiction, needs a break from the political circus...
...does wait until the next decade to run for President, what will he do in the meantime? Friends say he'll most likely spend the hiatus back at home in Miami in the private sector, adding to the fortune he made there in real estate ventures in the 1980s and 90s. Recent reports said he'd been approached to replace outgoing National Football League commissioner Paul Tagliabue; but while that imperial sports throne might provide the kind of executive leverage Jeb enjoys, he says the job doesn't interest...
...called strangetones range in freakitude from a childlike voice repeating "My teeth are bleeding" to an overlord-type voice growling "I ... like ... to ... kill ... deer." Another ringtone, which consists of high-pitched screeching that sounds not unlike fingernails on a chalkboard, is aptly named Angst. Can't wait to hear that one go off in movie theaters...
Sometimes even presidents have to wait for the news. George W. Bush was meeting with aides in the Oval Office last Wednesday when he turned to National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley for an update on Iraq. "Do you have news for me?" Bush asked. Hadley did. "Sir, I'd like to talk to you alone," Hadley said, clearing the room of other aides. When one of them returned, Bush let the aide in on the secret: "I think we got Zarqawi...
...employees in their 401(k) plan; 2) set contribution levels high enough to get all the company match; 3) increase employee contributions in synch with pay raises; 4) put the money in one-decision lifestyle funds that start aggressive and scale back risk as you approach 65. Why wait? You can do these things right...