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...second coming of Picasso in the sketches but said to Cary, "'Why don't you send them off to some colleges? Maybe they'll give you a scholarship.' He said, 'No, it'd never happen.' You could see that he'd made up his mind that he was a loser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Shade Of His Brother | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

...Commandments" is to "destroy and banish all Jewish thought and influence." Hale has written of the need for a "total solution to the ills of this planet," echoing Hitler's call for a "final solution." That's just the sort of nonsense that could provoke a troubled loser looking for someone to blame for his plight. "The sophisticated bigots know they're not going to have a mass movement," says Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, an antihate group in Los Angeles. "But with the help of the Internet they can recruit individuals who are prepared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Hate on The Rise? | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

...that has apparently been delayed. But Delta also may have been right in suggesting that a few thousand bumpings do not a hated airline make. When it came to overall passenger complaints, Delta had the second-best record among major carriers, with 1.82 complaints per 100,000 passengers. The loser in that category? American, with 3.70 complaints per 100,000. Looks like taking a later flight ? and getting compensated for it ? still beats showing up for your best friend?s wedding without your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Honey, I'll Be Late ? I've Been Bumped' | 7/8/1999 | See Source »

...three-year fight against McCain's bill, loves to say, "This issue has never defeated anyone in the American political process." Nor has it ever launched a presidential campaign. Back in January even McCain's top advisers hoped to persuade him that campaign-finance reform was a loser issue. They quietly commissioned a poll of G.O.P. voters in four key primary states to prove their point. But when the results came in, they showed 60% of voters saying campaign-finance reform was important, vs. just 15% saying it wasn't. "Voters want the system changed," says John Weaver, McCain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: McCain's Next Battle | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

...into college, how to gauge SAT scores and how to apply for financial aid. "These programs help parents have self-esteem, feel proud," says Mel Pelayo, a computer-network administrator who left school in third grade. "I didn't go to college, but I'm not a loser. I can help my kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Prep from Day One | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

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