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...Biggest Mouths. Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern, whose combined 40 hours a week of taunting talk, schoolyard humor and bracing political incorrectness made radio the year's hot -- and hot air -- medium. But mere radio couldn't contain these two word warriors. Limbaugh reworked his sprightly right-wing monologues into a potent TV series and two top-selling books. Stern, whose autobiography was also a chart topper, planned to end the year with a lavish, lurid pay- cable special. If the Fox Network has any money left after its N.F.L. spending binge, Stern could also become a late-night...
...start the organization to embark on armed actions. You will report to us from time to time on the progress you're making, with the understanding that the organization as such is not going to be involved.'' As a founder of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the A.N.C., the young Mandela participated in acts of violence. But the attempt to maintain the fiction that the A.N.C. was uninvolved was quixotic. The government had already banned the organization in 1960; by 1962 Mandela was under arrest, and two years later he was sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage. Several...
...fumes of power more toxic. It was through those badlands that President George W. Bush trudged last week, and for once he was walking alone. "The problem is that the President doesn't want to make changes," says a White House adviser who is not looking for a West Wing job, "but he's lost some of his confidence in the three people he listens to the most." Those three are his Vice President, Dick Cheney, whose top aide, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, has been charged with brazenly obstructing the investigation into who leaked the name of CIA officer Valerie...
...grandkids. He does a three- to six-month prep with them, one by one, just before they reach age 3. First he takes them to the airport to accustom them to the roar of engines and the odor of fuel. When they're ready, they venture out on the wing, then into the cockpit. Only after they ask to go up does Corbett take them. Afterward, he proudly awards each one a personalized first-flight certificate and photos of the occasion. "It's their day," he says. "They don't have to share...
...great team like Dartmouth, does a lot for our confidence.” OVER DU Junior center Kevin Du netted four points Saturday, tallying twice and dishing two assists in Harvard’s win. Late in the second period, Du scored the go-ahead goal when freshman wing Jason Fraser threw the puck into the middle of the ice and Du out-hustled a Dartmouth defenseman in a one-on-one battle. The pivot fell to one knee in the slot but beat the Big Green goalie anyway, giving the Crimson a crucial 3-2 lead going into...