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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...George W. Bush actually makes it to the White House, the pressure on Cheney will be something else again. In a Senate likely to be split 50-50, the Vice President presides as the tie-breaking vote. Compared with the Democrats, the Iraqis were a piece of cake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: Heart Murmurs | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...Steinberg, who was the real-life model for the fictional Jerry Maguire and who represents no athlete yet mentioned. "There's an insensitivity on the part of Woods and the Williams sisters and Rodriguez in the way they're floating these large amounts of money, a 'Let them eat cake' aspect to a family [with an] income of $30,000. This is, in essence, rubbing it in the face." Echoes David Falk, who represents Michael Jordan: "The public has no taste for listening to people complain publicly about their worth, and frankly neither do I. I applaud [Tiger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Them the Money | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

Emboldened by his success with Condor, MacCready set his sights on a second Kremer Prize, [pound]100,000, to be awarded this time for the first crossing of the English Channel by a man-powered aircraft. Piece of cake. In 1979 a greatly improved version of the Condor, the Gossamer Albatross, successfully flew across 23 miles of Channel water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dream Makers | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...both the traditional and the new, all in an environment that allows the audience to become immersed in the whole circus experience and, most importantly, to have fun. And if it makes the world a safer place to be a clown, well, that's just icing on the cake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fears of a Clown | 11/24/2000 | See Source »

...present system and its faults. In the current climate, it's inevitable that constitutional amendments to change the election process will be introduced in Congress next year, but Americans should be wary of claims that one solution is entirely fair. Simply put, we can't have our electoral cake...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: The Electoral Quagmire | 11/21/2000 | See Source »

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