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He said that he hoped his message was relatively brief, joking that although he once worked in the Senate, "a place of many words, I come from Maine, which is a place of few words."

Author: By Daniel D. Springer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senator Mitchell Presented With Negotiaton Award | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

Mitchell responded to Mnookin's extensive, praising introduction, joking that it was not "too generous, in length or in flattery."

Author: By Daniel D. Springer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senator Mitchell Presented With Negotiaton Award | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

When No Doubt first took its music to Los Angeles radio station K-ROQ in 1992, the message from the grunge-obsessed program director was not your polite kiss-off: "It will take an act of God for this band to get on the radio." The Lord works in mysterious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Two-Hit Wonders | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

McCain was just sloppy and tired, his aides say, when he began talking about Falwell's and Robertson's "evil influence" on the G.O.P. Though he later tried to say that he had been joking, that this was all part of his Luke Skywalker routine, the comments were much edgier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fire And Brimstone | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

By last Tuesday, the joking had returned, but the campaign was on pins and needles again. In his heart, McCain thought he was going to lose the crucial Michigan primary. His wife Cindy tried to lighten the mood, saying that since it had rained that morning, a rarity in parched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: On The Wild Ride | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

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