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...with those who predict that the economy will rebound by early next year. Indeed, the elder Bush always believed that if the recovery had just started a little earlier, he would have been re-elected. Bush adviser Lindsey is among those who think the calendar will shine on the younger Bush. But until it does, when the President asks, "Any good news today, Lawrence?" the answer will continue...
...economists, he has proposed cutting the budget 10% and shifting spending from public-works projects to education, job training and environmental cleanup. Koizumi has set a three-year target for settling the balance sheets of Japan's heavily indebted banks. He has appointed a free-wheeling Cabinet that is younger, more female and includes more outsiders than any seen before. Most stunning of all, Koizumi has made a promise that he will have no trouble keeping: there's going to be a lot more economic pain before things get better. Such straight talk is endearing. "I wish he could...
This combination of political score settling, commitment to reform and nationalism has so far proved to be political gold. Few of those who worked with a younger Koizumi would ever have predicted such popularity for him. At 35, he was still unmarried, a major drawback for an ambitious politician. A matchmaker was consulted, and Koizumi picked out a photo of a kimono-clad university student 14 years his junior. He proposed the day after their first date, and in 1978 Koizumi and Kayoko Miyamoto were wed before 2,500 guests. The marriage didn't last, and in 1982, after having...
...weakness." After a week of controlled play, Serena melted into a puddle of 36 unforced errors, laughing in fits of embarrassment, shrieking in frustration and finally tossing her racquet away. By the end of the night, Venus had won her fourth major, 6-2, 6-4, and beat her younger sister for the fifth time in six matches...
...giving up her career and moving to the U.S. to find a little peace. ("I don't sing anymore," is all Fuji says now, smiling.) Hikaru says she got her start when she followed her parents into the studio and began to make recordings around age seven. ("No, younger!" shouts her father from nearby.) Like her mother, Hikaru plans to retire young--as early as 28--and perhaps pursue neuroscience. "I kind of see myself in a white coat in a lab, working till late evening in front of test tubes," she says. It's hard to imagine that Spears...