| Florida's midsection key to GOP hopefuls
LAKELAND, FLA. -- Linda Ivell is an ardent supporter of President Bush, leads the state Republican women's club and has met all of the major GOP presidential candidates. Yet the effervescent 53-year-old real estate agent, who lives in this former citrus and phosphate mining hub in central Florida, simply can't make up her mind about whom to vote for Tuesday in Florida's crucial presidential primary.
"I honestly don't know," said Ivell, who is torn by the candidates' appeals as conservatives on economic, national security and social issues.
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Educator Robert Marvin Chatman, 85
ROBERT Marvin Chatman, Philadelphia public-school teacher for 23 years, active church leader and Army veteran of World War II, died Thursday of brain cancer. He was 85 and lived in Wynnefield. He taught at a number of local schools and was a tailoring teacher at Germantown High School before his retirement in 1987. Robert was a man of many skills. At one time or another, he took a course for surgical technicians, studied oil-burner service, real estate and pattern-making. He had a dry-cleaning establishment, was a mortician and had numerous jobs as a handyman - all with the aim of better supporting his family. He was born in Honea Path, S.C., to Howard L. and Marie Lewis Chatman. He got his early education in Honea Path and attended the Colored Normal, Industrial Agricultural and Mechanical College, now South Carolina State University at Orangeburg.
How not to conduct an interview
The way you perceive yourself and your business may not necessarily appear that way in print or broadcast if you don't approach the interview as something that requires adequate preparation and the right attitude. While I can't show you actual clips, I can offer examples of high-profile figures who have developed a media personality, and highlight how their approach to media is closely tied to their public image. Go on the offensive: Even before the onset of his U.S. legal troubles and all the negative press it generated it was clear Conrad Black had little love for the media. Although he was and continues to be a genuinely interesting figure, even in his most successful years he left an impression of someone who is angry and impatient. It's likely this suited him just fine, but this image would be difficult for Black to recast without first changing his approach to the media.
Harris still in office after conviction
Harris' office staff confirmed he was in the office Thursday. He did not return phone calls. A federal judge in Natchez sentenced Harris to serve six years in jail and three years probation. Judge David Bramlette allowed Harris to report for his sentence in January to spend time with his family, a blind father and an ailing mother. Under the law, Harris could have been sentenced to a maximum of 70 years in prison and a fine of $1.75 million. No fine was levied because Bramlette determined Harris was not in a position to pay a fine. Harris will be allowed to serve his sentence in Yazoo City as to be close to his Jefferson County home. .
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The 57-year-old former market trader and Birmingham city council chief executive emerged as the strongest contender in what was a small field of candidates.
Sir Michael said: "It is a great privilege to be appointed chairman of the BBC Trust. As the BBC's sovereign body, our duty is to ensure the public who pay for the BBC retain overall control of their BBC.
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Countrywide Shares Gain Despite Q4 Loss
But, despite falling short of Wall Streets estimates, shares were up nearly 4 percent in early trading Tuesday. Countrywide reported a loss of $422 million (or 79 cents per share) for the years final quarter, compared with a profit of $622 million, ($1.01) for the same period a year earlier. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were expecting a loss of 30 cents per share. Revenues for the Calabasas-based company were $1.2 billion, down 58 percent from $2.8 billion last year. Countrywide stated it had aside $924 million for credit losses during the fourth quarter, compared with $73 million during the same time last year. The quarterly results fell far short of Chairman Angelo Mozilos outlook last October, when he said the company would return to profitability in the fourth quarter after it posted a $1.2 billion loss in the previous quarter.
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