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...Gore running mates. The Florida Senator has been filling notebook after notebook--close to four thousand of them to date, color coded by season. He has kept a running account of his every waking moment for the past 23 years--14 in the Senate, eight in the Governor's mansion, even his days in the state legislature. Graham writes down every meal, every meeting, every person he meets. No item is too small. "I would rather have more detail than less," Graham told TIME. On the September day in 1994 his daughter Cissy gave birth to a son, his notebook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Take Note of Bob Graham | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

...floods out also hemmed Cairo in. Now the town wants to extract itself from its history by using it. The 1872 Customs House has been turned into a museum, glorifying its days of big grain and big gambling. The old Gem Theater is being restored. And the Riverlore mansion, once owned by a riverboat captain, is being converted into a bed-and-breakfast. There's a plan to rent out the dead downtown stores for a $1 a year. And Cairo has even secured a $1.5 million grant to give Main Street its original cobblestone beauty, with streetlights for evening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History: Cairo, Ill.: Waiting For A Rebirth | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...forced into a corner; be ready with answers based on research." For once, the stars were right. Over four hours that day, federal prosecutor Robert Conrad fired questions at the Vice President about his role in the 1996 campaign-finance scandal. The afternoon session in the vice-presidential mansion was edgy and sometimes contentious. But Gore told reporters days later, "I, of course, answered every question fully and completely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gore's Coffee Stains | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

...looked," she says. "I was hungry"). There's Julie (last name withheld for security reasons), 20, the Mormon naif in the just-premiered ninth season of MTV's The Real World, in which this year's crew of twentysomethings find romance and hurt feelings while sharing a New Orleans mansion. There's Joyce Bowler, 44, who persuaded her family to spend three hardship-filled months in a house outfitted with 100-year-old technology (or lack of it) for The 1900 House, a fascinating British show that made its debut last week on PBS. "[Celebrity] does become quite addictive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: We Like To Watch | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

That may be why there is one thing you won't find anywhere in Shaq's 15,000-sq.-ft. mansion high above Hollywood, nor in the secret apartment he sometimes escapes to along a sugary swath of beach just south of Los Angeles: a trophy. "My dad never [displayed] any trophies," says O'Neal. "Neither do I. I don't want to look like I'm satisfied." It's all about the team for him now. It's all about winning. Someday soon, though, if the Big Aristotle successfully completes his playoff drive, he just may want to clear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The NBA Finals: The Lakers Vs. The Pacers Shaq Opens Up | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

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