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...short barrel of a man with a weakness for Big Macs, Hassan pushes himself through rigorous physical exercise. "Maneuvers," his family calls them. He works out in his home gym and plays polo with the army team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jordan: Stepping in for the ailing King is a prince politically similar but very different in style | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

...keep tabs on his skittish members, minority leader Gephardt has divided the Democratic caucus into 10 groups and has been meeting with them regularly to help lower the boil. They're all worried, but about different things: freshmen haven't had the chance to bring home pork-barrel projects; members fighting to survive in marginal races are sifting through their polling data trying to figure out which way to go. Safer veterans need to be bridled before any more of them call for Clinton's head, and members of the black caucus, who by and large have safe seats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There A Way Out? | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...size of the payoff, with the plaintiff's team reportedly holding out for a cool million. "We have put an offer on the table that should be accepted and will be accepted eventually," Jones attorney David Pyke said Sunday. When you've got the President over a barrel, you can afford not to haggle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White House Hits Back | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...rafting on the Snake River. Like most families planning a weekend outdoors, they brought their own food along. The Scotts didn't like Wyoming water, so they brought their own water too. But the kids filled their squirt guns from a faucet and took a few sips from the barrel ends of their water pistols, and the adults began to drink from the tap when they ran out of bottled water. If there was something seriously wrong with Alpine water, they couldn't tell by the taste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anatomy Of An Outbreak | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

...same in every state. If you're there for a driver's license, there's a chance you'll die waiting. And for TLG employees looking for test targets, it's fish in a barrel. "We can test everything from infant formulas to hearing aids without leaving the premises," Teresa says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greetings From America's Secret Capitals | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

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