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...Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Failure is a very real possibility, and Ross, who will have to pick up the pieces, is keenly aware of it. But the U.S.'s top Middle East negotiator continues to search--in the words of his former boss Warren Christopher--for "glimmers of light...where most people can't see them...
...Democrat after Clinton's 1992 victory. "Ross just blew everyone away with how brilliant he was," says former Clinton spokesman Mike McCurry. As evidence, his former bosses, not usually the most talkative of men, return calls about Ross within minutes. "I don't do this very often," says Warren Christopher, taking time from his duties head-hunting for Al Gore's prospective vice-presidential candidate, "but Dennis is a special favorite. I've never known anyone more deeply committed to the pursuit of peace and willing to make personal sacrifices for it." Ross has critics, of course. The primary ones...
...statement against a gray backdrop. He'll have the spotlight, and he'll have to show us his moves. He can match greybeards with George Mitchell; he can gamble on Florida with Bob Graham; he can clone his better self with Evan Bayh. He could even get weird with Warren Christopher. He'd be risking it with a woman, because this is still a country that elects men to its highest office. Would he drop a bomb like Jesse Ventura, thinking he could harness him? Maybe he'll convince natty banker Robert Rubin to live off his book deal...
That doesn't mean it's haunting Wall Street. On the contrary, after a few years of dismal performance, the stocks of electric utilities--traditionally viewed as boring, safe investments more akin to bonds--have heated up this year, gaining around 5% in a choppy market. Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have made bets on the sector, investing in MidAmerican Energy and Avista, respectively. Stodgy, flat-footed utilities aren't going bankrupt, as predicted, but restructuring to tap the competitive markets. Given their background, though, it's not an easy switch. "These companies didn't consider themselves to have customers...
...Dreams - Moody Blues 2. The Flame - Cheap Trick 3. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly 4. Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison 5. Dust in the Wind - Kansas 6. Barracuda - Heart 7. Money - Pink Floyd 8. D'yer Maker - Led Zeppelin 9. Stop Dragging my Heart Around - Stevie Nicks 10. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon...