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...First of all, that Beta-male Al Gore was just another minor aberration. The vice president seems to have revived the Jim Lehrer?jumping, time-hogging, smarty-pants Alpha-hood that he applied to Wooden Al at the Los Angeles convention: Here's what I want to do - exactlywhat I want to do. Is it so bad that I'm positively chewing my leg off to get a chance...
...their own race without treading on the beloved Carnahan's ghost. There will be extreme pressure for Bush to keep his smirking ebullience (which made a stealth appearance in the forgotten second half of Round Two) in check, and for Gore to find a way to be both Alpha and dignified, a trick he hasn't yet mastered...
...great programmer apart from mediocre ones is their focus," says Ali Aydar, a friend from Massachusetts who now works as a Unix programmer in Napster's Redwood City, Calif., offices. "Shawn is able to concentrate, and collaborate and appropriate if necessary. He's also able to handle criticism. Most alpha-geeks can't take criticism. They'll get into arguments. Shawn actually listens and takes the best part of what...
...timely; on others you have to survive on fruit roll-ups and chicken-salad sandwiches past their sell-by date. The most reliable thing is courtesy Rolaids in the bathroom. Bedtime is just something you dream about until well past midnight. Air Gore was a grumpy place, and the alpha male in earth tones with his earnest town-hall meetings couldn't catch a break for much of the campaign...
...timely; on others you have to survive on fruit roll-ups and chicken-salad sandwiches past their sell-by date. The most reliable thing is courtesy Rolaids in the bathroom. Bedtime is just something you dream about until well past midnight. Air Gore was a grumpy place, and the alpha male in earth tones with his earnest town-hall meetings couldn't catch a break for much of the campaign...