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...account of his every waking moment for the past 23 years--14 in the Senate, eight in the Governor's mansion, even his days in the state legislature. Graham writes down every meal, every meeting, every person he meets. No item is too small. "I would rather have more detail than less," Graham told TIME. On the September day in 1994 his daughter Cissy gave birth to a son, his notebook read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Take Note of Bob Graham | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

Smith will be a star witness against Yates. Her 1998 police report, in which she describes her assailant in detail, will help the prosecution, as will the fact that she can attest to being robbed. Washington State law permits the death penalty only for aggravated murder--in other words, murder plus something else, and she will testify that he stole her money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Spokane Murders | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

...wouldn't be likely to get. But Pentagon officials insist their relatively crude discrimination technologies will keep improving. They say measuring subtle differences in projectiles' mass, motion, reflection and rotation will enable the Pentagon to pluck the real warhead from among the decoys. But the officials decline to detail the technical wizardry behind their assertion, saying that divulging their techniques would only aid potential foes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missile Impossible? | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...served us four plates of the best chocolate-chip cookies I've ever eaten when Warden Burl Cain tells us that Howard killed a man and is going to die an old man in prison for it. It's flat as that, but it exposes the most intimate, relevant detail of Howard's life. I don't want to look at him, but I do, and Howard doesn't flinch. Howard's sad eyes don't change, don't feign remorse or regret, just stay sad, and his gold-plated teeth are the only thing that hints he was once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angola, La.: The Lessons of Cain | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...called Scary Movie, which opens this week. But before we get to Wayans, we must familiarize you with the film, and there's the rub. Scary Movie had this writer giggling like Beavis on helium, yet it's a raunchy piece of work and not easily described in printable detail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Living Off-Color | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

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