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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...views. "For the life of me, that doesn't make any sense," says an adviser to the Bush campaign. "She is hated by the constituency they were trying to court with her selection." Chavez, a native New Mexican who does not speak a word of Spanish, is the lead ax wielder against bilingual education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confirmation Bear Traps | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

...position, Lindsey will have to strike a balance between offering personal advice to the president and synthesizing the views of other agencies. The individual best suited for the job is one who "doesn't have his own ax to grind" Porter says. "[You] must remember who the voters elected, and that you serve...

Author: By S. CHARTEY Quarcoo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: From Sanders Theatre to the West Wing | 1/12/2001 | See Source »

Read this book not for its epic retelling of his long descent into dementia or its ax-grinding with the singer's fourth wife, Barbara Marx, but for its thoughtful, sometimes moving recollections of growing up as Beverly Hills-Palm Springs royalty with an intermittently available father whose flaws cast very long shadows. Though there's little about music here, another of Ms. Sinatra's observations puts Frank's shortcomings into proper perspective: "Had he been a healthier, less tortured man, he might have been Perry Como." Of course you can't balance a childhood against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Daddy's Girl | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...Read this book not for its epic retelling of his long descent into dementia or its ax-grinding with the singer's fourth wife, Barbara Marx, but for its thoughtful, sometimes moving recollections of growing up as Beverly Hills-Palm Springs royalty with an intermittently available father whose flaws cast very long shadows. Though there's little about music here, another of Tina's observations puts Frank's shortcomings into proper perspective: "Had he been a healthier, less tortured man, he might have been Perry Como." Of course you can't balance a childhood against, say, "All the Way," except...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Daddy's Girl | 11/1/2000 | See Source »

LOCATION Fall River, Mass. WHAT'S ON DISPLAY Replica of sofa where Andrew Borden was axed to death IN THE GIFT SHOP Ax keychains, copies of witness statements, mugs and magnets

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where The Mugs Are | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

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