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Hurricane Charley stages a surprise; the Pentagon begins to calculate the length of the postwar; Ralph Nader's homeless problem; Peggy Noonan's homecoming...
...when it opens its inaugural show, "Masterpieces of American Jewelry," at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. The exhibition is the first museum retrospective of American jewelryeach of its 150 pieces was manufactured in the U.S. "What makes up the American spirit?" asks Ralph Esmerian, a fourth-generation collector who curated the show. "There's a whimsy about it and a tremendous appreciation for nature." Buyers beware; one thing these baubles are not is for sale. --By Kate Novack
...Ralph Gilles is showing off his Chrysler 300C, and as he points out details like chrome accents on the door trim, he insists that he has just one complaint: "It doesn't come with dubs." In hip-hop car lingo, dubs are oversize, 20-in. wheels. And Gilles is a big-wheel guy. An amateur racer, he hits the track on weekends with his 10-cylinder Dodge Viper--a nerve-racking hobby for his wife, the mother of his two young kids. As soon as he got his 300C for street use, he supersized it with black dubs. "It looks...
...attained victory on the wings of an NRA endorsement. When the NRA stood silent in 1992 and 1996, the Democrats won handily. The man who won those elections, Bill Clinton, maintains that on the pecking order of determining factors in the 2000 Bush victory, the NRA stands next to Ralph Nader, behind only the Supreme Court, potentially costing Gore critical states such as Arkansas, West Virginia, Tennessee, Florida and New Hampshire...
...Kerry won't get this clear a shot again. While nearly 70% of voters say they know a great deal about Bush, only 29% say the same about the Senator. But many more have their doubts: though Kerry leads Bush 46% to 43% in a three-way matchup with Ralph Nader, who gets 5%, voters say they trust Bush more to handle terrorism and the war in Iraq and "to provide strong leadership in difficult times...