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Maybe the press was too hungry for Bush in Trouble stories. But there were some troubling signs. Chief among them: an internal feud over a G.O.P.-financed TV ad that took a Gore interview from 1994 and edited it to imply that the Vice President had refused to admit that Bill Clinton lied about Monica in 1998. Despite Bush's oft-stated aversion to personal attacks, this one had been in the works for a month, and many of his advisers urged him to run it. When it was shown to a focus group, Bush's advisers were jubilant...
Privately, Bush aides admit that their man had a few bad days but say it's better to stumble now than in October. And they insist there are no lessons to be learned. "In a couple of weeks," predicts spokesman Ari Fleischer, "you'll be saying, 'Bush is back.'" Either that, or the campaign will look back and wonder what warning signs it missed in August...
Although the Vatican will not admit it, Pio Nono is a last-minute substitution for a controversial successor, Pius XII. The beatification of the later Pius was to have balanced that of Pope John XXIII, the liberal hero who called the Second Vatican Council. The past 40 years, however, have seen an unabating storm of complaint that Pius XII did not do enough to oppose the Holocaust. Postponing Pius XII's "cause" and replacing it with that of Pio Nono--also a conservative favorite--must have seemed a good idea at the time...
...without anything like the repercussions he faced last week. The submarine casualty figure is roughly the number of soldiers who die every month in Chechnya, often under horrific circumstances. The Russian defense establishment follows the same information policy in that war--postpone the news as long as possible, then admit the details as gradually as the situation allows...
...keep up--and put up--with my brother and all his friends. I got tough physically and mentally, and it's one reason why I'm so aggressive and competitive." It was also her male coach, Dave Nielsen, who first suggested she try the pole vault. "I admit the women aren't anywhere near the men in height [the men's record is 20 ft. 1 3/4 in.]," says Dragila, "but I've got the words World Record next to my name, and that's something all athletes would like...