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Gore's stand-in is Warren Christopher, the man who put the elder in statesman. He's so dull, he ordered Irish coffee during a layover at Shannon Airport with the instruction, "Hold the whiskey, and make it decaf." His very presence undercuts former Secretary of State James Baker's dire warnings that if we persist in this crazy "unconstitutional" recount, markets will collapse, world leaders will wobble and general mischief will abound. In Baker's view, the bipartisan counters are secret croupiers itching to stack the deck. There are more surveillance cameras than in a Las Vegas casino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: Spot the Characters? | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...riff on Gore picking winners and losers and having to hire all kinds of new IRS agents - well, that was good stuff. But in the two-way shots, where Bush is waiting for Gore to finish his answer, he keeps sighing and smirking and looking around. Try the decaf! Still, this has been W.'s best moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush vs. Gore: A Round-by-Round Analysis | 10/3/2000 | See Source »

ALAN KEYES Polls, reports find perennially outraged candidate picking up steam. But try the decaf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jan. 31, 2000 | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

Which brings us to the decline and fall of the American empire. Yes, the mightiest nation on earth still slugs it out with the Saddams and the Milosevics. But willpower is melting away like foamed milk on top of a double-shot decaf. The numbers speak for themselves. At the beginning of this decade, there were but 500 "gourmet coffeehouses" in the U.S., says the National Coffee Association; now there are 7,000, including 2,000 Starbucks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latte Lightweights | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...SAMPLE MENU] BREAKFAST Oatmeal with sliced bananas, grapefruit, decaf coffee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weighing The Diets | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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