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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Robb says much of his Senate career has been conducted behind the scenes - the Intelligence Committee, one of four on which he sits, does much of its work in private. His campaign team is frustrated by Allen's in-your-face approach and his habit of harping on the 50?-per-gal. gas-tax hike Robb proposed in 1993. They're trying desperately to focus on Robb's strengths, such as his support for the Balanced Budget Act in the Senate and his success as Governor in raising teachers' salaries. As strategist David Doak put it, "You can't spend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Noted Name Under Assault in Virginia | 10/14/2000 | See Source »

...died are bold images. In them, Neel arrives at true expression of the individuals she examines, reaching an immediate confrontation with her subjects. One of her last images, "Hartley and Andrew" (1983), depicts her son and grandson. Both father and child are outlined in blue, as was Neel's habit at the time; seated on a stool, they stare not out, but into the viewer. Background is eliminated or, rather, Neel chooses the gessoed canvas for her background, as she does in many of these late works. This is the ultimate demonstration of self-confidence: Neel lets her sitters emerge...

Author: By Lisa Foti-straus, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Go Ask Alice: Alice Neel's telling portraits of friends, family and art-world types | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

Well, for the fine folks at SNL Studios-the comedic minds that brought us such romps as Wayne's World, Tommy Boy, and Superstar-it's become a matter of habit. And they're at it again with The Ladies Man, the film that expands on the life and misadventures of Leon Phelps, the radio talk show host who shocks audiences with his raunchy (but honest) advice on matters of (physical) love...

Author: By Richard Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ladies Man Gets Surefire Laughs | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

Everyone around you has quit smoking. Everywhere you look, companies are advertising new and improved ways to kick the habit. Restaurants, cafes and now even bars are non-smoking. All this leads to one conclusion: Fewer Americans are smoking than ever before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Just Can't Seem to Stop Puffing | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

Actually, the nudie wars began two years ago. "There were indications that three other adult-oriented businesses wanted to come in," says supervisor Ed Gieselman, who confesses that he frequented the Climax before its drive-through days, a habit he has curbed since taking office. "At the public hearings, I'd say 95% of the people wanted some kind of action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hold the Pickles, Please | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

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