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...success is a kind of vindication of my father's lifework in politics." If there is a difference between the lawyer with the booming voice and his radio-star son, the family says, it is in Rush's impish, rowdy sense of humor. "I don't want to brag," Millie says, "but I say he got his sense from his dad and his nonsense from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conservative Provocateur Or BIG BLOWHARD? | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

...came in the two days after Bush's much touted acceptance speech to the Republican National Convention. The money markets seemed to be sending the message that they saw little in his proposals for jump-starting the U.S. economy. A wobbly dollar will make it harder for Bush to brag during the campaign about the strong U.S. presence around the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down And Down the Dollar Goes | 9/7/1992 | See Source »

Listen to them rag and brag on one another in public. In Austin, Clinton said this about his running mate: "I love to hear him speak, even though when he finishes there's nothing left for me to say. But I do resent the fact that he doesn't have any gray hair -- and I'm trying to get him to use some dye." For his part, the Tennessee Senator confided to a home-folks crowd in Memphis: "Tipper and I have had the wonderful experience of getting to know Hillary and Bill Clinton . . . If there is a subject under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So Happy Together | 9/7/1992 | See Source »

...asked why the Texas billionaire was any more qualified to be President. "I don't claim that I am," Perot replied. "That's up to the people." Jennings prodded gently, "But surely you think you're qualified." Perot's response: "I'm not going to sit here and brag on myself," thus raising the question of why he was sitting there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Minding Their Q's and A's | 7/13/1992 | See Source »

...They don't bankrupt people. They just give the winner something to brag about," Landry says...

Author: By Sunah N. Kim, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: The Big Money | 4/6/1992 | See Source »

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