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...Andover and Yale? "What a great putt on nine" is what winners have said to losers for generations at the Cape Arundel Golf Club in Kennebunkport. Last June on Bush's maiden campaign swing, he stopped at the family compound on the Maine seacoast to celebrate Poppy's 75th birthday, a subtle reminder that he was better bred than the unworthy occupant of the White House. If some thought the young Bush had had it too easy, remained too much the carefree frat boy, they could still count on the fact that he was his father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Blinded by the Light | 3/27/2000 | See Source »

Sweet Sixteen: This is one of the many cute nicknames that correspond to the decreasing number of participants in the tournament, despite its usual use in reference to a high school sophomore's birthday party. Other cute nicknames include "The Elite Eight" and "The Final Four" (see below...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: March Madness For Dummies | 3/23/2000 | See Source »

...didn't want the jobs taken up by 'old' people." But now that the nation is rife with jobs, there's really no reason to penalize productive members of society who happen to be older than 65. And considering how many members of Congress have long passed that magic birthday, they are probably as pleased as anyone to see the earnings cap sent out to pasture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shades of Gray That United the U.S. Senate | 3/22/2000 | See Source »

What happened to Nathan King on his 12th birthday last month could be classified as a parent's worst nightmare--except that few parents could even imagine such a freakish accident. Bursting with exuberance, the Helena, Mont., boy bounced a football off the wall of his room, dove onto his bed to retrieve it and somehow drove a No. 2 pencil through his chest and right into his heart. "I kind of felt it go in," he says, "but it didn't hurt, so I looked down. Then I started yelling, 'Mom! Mom! Mom, I'm gonna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pencil in His Heart | 3/20/2000 | See Source »

...nearly three hours before Nathan finally made it to the operating table. A team led by Dr. Brett Williams--summoned from his own 45th-birthday celebration--put the right side of Nathan's heart into cardiac arrest, diverted his blood supply to the heart-lung machine and began repairing the damage. "There was absolutely no blood anywhere. It looked to be an immaculate perforation," Williams told TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pencil in His Heart | 3/20/2000 | See Source »

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