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Harry Truman seemed a dismal specimen right into middle age--a failed haberdasher condemned to live with his dreadnought mother-in-law, trapped in a W.C. Fields movie. Truman hardly looked much better by the time F.D.R.'s death made him President in 1945. Yet he did pretty well in the office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Doofus into Gold | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...Laura Bush would be, in many ways, a return to the traditional first lady cast: She's an outspoken advocate for literacy, a politically neutral cause that was also championed by her mother-in-law...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now Making Her Bow: The Un-Hillary | 8/1/2000 | See Source »

...husband's policy won out. Bush neatly dodged a question about her position on abortion by NBC's Lisa Myers, saying, "I agree with George that we ought to do everything we can to reduce the number of abortions." Myers replied, "It sounds like you agree with your mother-in-law," referring to Barbara Bush's quiet pro-choice stance. "Now, that's what you said, Lisa," Bush responded, chuckling. "Not me. No, I don't want to put a label on myself." It worked for Barbara - there's no reason it can't work for Laura...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now Making Her Bow: The Un-Hillary | 8/1/2000 | See Source »

Harry Truman seemed a dismal specimen right into middle age - a failed haberdasher condemned to live with his dreadnought mother-in-law, trapped in a W. C. Fields movie. Truman hardly looked much better by the time Franklin Roosevelt's death made him president in 1945. Yet he did pretty well in the office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of Presidential Transformation | 7/28/2000 | See Source »

...other hand, one can hope. This one hopes most of all for cars you can fast-forward through those boring long drives on the interstate. Zzzap! There goes Nebraska! Better yet--say it's 2025 and you're driving to Atlantic City or your mother-in-law's or a Jim Nabors concert. Just flip a switch, and the Zeno's Paradox-based, drive-by-wire, fuzzy-logic antidestination override feature cuts in to make sure you never get there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Still Drive Our Cars (Or Will Our Cars Drive Us)? | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

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