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This is what life is like inside the oil drum. Each morning Bush wakes up in its dim light and tries to poke his head out to the world. It starts with a "message of the day," which he tries to eke past a press corps that, with polls tightening and a real race going, isn't letting much pass before they bring up what they want to talk about. Which usually results in a pounding and a walloping, distracting and disorienting the candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When a Campaign Is Laughing, It's in Trouble | 9/13/2000 | See Source »

...Sunday, coasting down the Champs- Elysées like he hadn't just completed the most grueling sporting event on earth. It was an utterly satisfying win for Armstrong's legion fans, many of whom have spent much of the last three weeks despondently riffling through newspapers trying to eke out news of their hero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking for Lance | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

Beyond production efficiency that has helped Nokia achieve a profit margin of 24% (others "barely eke out 1% to 5%," says the Yankee Group's Craig Ellingsworth), another Nokia strength is a corporate culture remarkably free of politics and oversize egos. That lends itself to fruitful partnerships, such as Nokia's deal with AT&T to develop a phone for the launch of the carrier's Digital One Rate plan in late 1997, which was crucial to establishing the Nokia brand in the U.S. Ollila, a married father of three, explains, "When you come from a little country this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making the Call | 5/29/2000 | See Source »

...this depth which new Harvard Coach Satinder Bajwa will count on to eke out a close victory over Trinity...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, | Title: The Grudge Match is On, Baby! | 2/4/2000 | See Source »

McCain is counting on that contrast to help eke out victory in New Hampshire, then South Carolina and Michigan. After that, he says, he (somehow) becomes inevitable. In other words, he needs a hole in one. Lucky for him that his old persimmon club has lately found such a nice, sweet stroke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: McCain Hits The Sweet Spot | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

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