Word: left
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...describe the President's strategy of positioning himself above and between Democrats and Republicans in Congress. But Clinton sees Bush's moves as having less in common with triangulation than with Clinton's strategies as a candidate in 1991 and 1992, when he took on the left wing of his party, challenging its hidebound policies on such issues as welfare, taxes and the death penalty. Clinton's "Sister Souljah moment"--rebuking the race-baiting rapper at a meeting of Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition--is merely the most famous of these confrontations, all designed to show that Clinton would govern...
...Jobs 2.0 is one decade older and two companies (NeXT and Pixar) wiser, and these days he is his own designated grownup. By the time Jobs returned to Apple, a succession of vision-free ceos had left the company coasting on the fumes of its past innovation, with a convoluted welter of products and no idea who its customers were. "The roots of Apple were to build computers for people, not for corporations," Jobs says. "The world doesn't need another Dell or Compaq." He swiftly slashed back to four product lines--a laptop and desktop for consumers...
NAME: 'N Sync AVERAGE AGE: 22 OCCUPATION: Filling the void left by New Kids on the Block BEST PUNCH: After quarreling with its record label over money, announced intention to relocate to Jive Records, current home of Backstreet Boys...
NAME: Backstreet Boys AVERAGE AGE: 23 OCCUPATION: Filling the void left by New Kids on the Block BEST PUNCH: Already considering 'N Sync imitators, threatened to leave Jive if rivals arrive, alleging the label won't be able to give both bands adequate attention...
...first he was a mere sideman--on the band's 1995 album Lemonade and Brownies; he's not even in the group photo on the back cover. Then again, the picture is a supremely geeky shot of the band riding on a roller coaster, so maybe being left out was a blessing in disguise. In any case, Homicide says, today he's "cut in on publishing and merchandising, and I'm a full-fledged member." He's still figuring out, though, how to convey the full range of what he does in the band's music videos. Sometimes he just...