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Bush is so proud of his can't-we-all-get-along politics that when ABC's George Stephanopoulos gets on the plane in New York City, he needles him for helping defeat his father but thanks him for driving him to jogging in order to wash the bitterness over the loss out of his system. "Getting over any grudge," he says, "was important because voters can tell if you want the job for the wrong reason. They can tell if you're dark and brooding, or if you're optimistic and happy...
...After a day of running around in his Jewish pose, complete with Yiddishisms and a rabbinical demeanor, he'd come home each night to his manse, slip on a pair of plaid pants and a kelly blazer and announce: "Jeezus, these people. Gawd, I have to wash my hands.... I mean, they're sooooo pushy. Lovey, could you pour me a Pimm's Cup?" Lieberman's wife, Hadassah, I "revealed" was actually named... Muffy. As a Jew, I figured I had the ethnic entitlement that allowed me to be so irreverent...
...really wishing I could watch the muddy brown water of the 'mighty Miss' wash over my toes again." PAM STOLTZFUS Burbank, Calif...
...colorful saloons. Buildings near the river showed the high-water mark from when the Mississippi rose up to remind everyone of its true boundaries. The early dwellers knew that this river was sacred. If only modern civilization were willing to treat the Mississippi as it deserves. PAUL BEYERL Kirkland, Wash...
...heat is turning up now because Sommer has turned his affections toward VoiceStream Wireless, reportedly offering $53 billion in stock and cash for the Bellevue, Wash., firm. That works out to a pricey $20,000 per customer, high enough to send DT's stock plunging 9% last week. Still, VoiceStream may be worth it. "To fulfill its global ambitions, Deutsche Telekom needs a stable position in the U.S. market," says analyst Holger Grawe at German bank WestLB, adding that the supply of U.S. companies is limited. DT reportedly hired a Washington law firm last week to lobby Congress. Sommer...