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For the more intellectually gifted, there is bridge ("Dole's out of trumps, and Clinton can run clubs for the slam, Charles"). Or perhaps chess ("Dole's down a rook and two pawns, and his queen is under attack. I don't think Capablanca could get out of this one...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VOTE FOR NEW METAPHORS! | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

"I think it will mean that we have sent to the statehouse a smart and gifted representative, who will work hard to improve the quality of life for citizens in Cambridge and the Commonwealth," Reeves said.

Author: By David L. Greene and Flora Tartakovsky, S | Title: Wolf Wins State Rep. Primary | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

It wasn't all a straight line to oblivion. As with his earlier speech bashing Hollywood, Dole got a lift when he resigned from the Senate in June and then again in August from a smoothly run G.O.P. convention. His selection of the energetically gifted Jack Kemp, whom Dole had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW HE GOT THERE | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

Their mother Nancy Walsh, a medical secretary, moved the family to Washington when Bill was 12 and entrusted him to the Jesuit fathers of Gonzaga High School, where he became the only honor student to start on the football team. Bennett accepted a scholarship to Williams College in Massachusetts, where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CHAIRMAN OF VIRTUE | 9/16/1996 | See Source »

LAURA BAKER, 28; SPARTANBURG, S.C.; potter An artist herself, Baker knows that gifted children need more than glitter and glue to thrive. In 1993 she started COLORS, an art studio that provides inner-city children with professional materials and guidance. More than 650 children have participated in the program, in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Aug. 26, 1996 | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

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