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...Older voters have proven they'll do just that, and Gore will be focusing on them as he tries to discredit Bush's plan. The vice president's first stop on Wednesday was a speech to 10,000 senior citizens at an American Association of Retired Persons convention. There and over the next weeks, expect Gore to use the word "risky" very liberally and hint broadly that Bush's plan isn't ready for prime time and neither is Bush. Gore may need to emerge from the shadow of Bill Clinton (who offered Monday that neither plan was as good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush, Gore and Social Security | 5/17/2000 | See Source »

...newer model.) Meanwhile, the city started an investigation against Gatto's senior detective, Chris Clinch, for allegedly mishandling a police parking placard and placing household garbage in a DEP Dumpster. A judge later exonerated Officer Clinch in a decision suggesting that a city official may have fabricated testimony to discredit Gatto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Handcuffed Cop | 4/26/2000 | See Source »

...surreal theater of hysteria. In my dream I saw video closeups of the Dictator's famous beard, and I thought in the dream: "Ah, you know, the CIA tried years ago to make that beard fall out with depilatories, in order to make the Dictator look ridiculous and discredit him. And, by God, it looks now as if the depilatories are finally working! Forty years later! Get a load of that air-conditioned beard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Elian Saga High Drama or Just a Bad Movie? | 4/14/2000 | See Source »

...modernism has, to some extent, been eclipsed. But good artists are still working in that tradition, so I hope that people aren't too quick to discredit...

Author: By Kirstin Butler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fresh Produce: Art from Boston | 2/18/2000 | See Source »

...should be compulsory reading for all writers! Especially poignant was the statement "Attack writing is personal and seeks to do personal injury." How true. This type of exchange is analogous to opposing attorneys battling a case in court. Each makes a lethal effort, regardless of the damage, to discredit the other and his witnesses. MIKE VINSON McMinnville, Tenn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 14, 2000 | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

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