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...Bush, in trying to sell voters philosophies that Newt Gingrich never could, seems to have found a curiously effective way to defuse questions that he's not deep enough for the job: promise the people a government, indeed a presidency, small enough for him to run. Scary ideas, like school vouchers? Leave 'em up to the states. "I'd worry about federalizing education if I were you." Extra money coming in? Don't look at me - you folks take it back. Afraid I'm not up on my specifics? Never mind that - me and Congress'll work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spirited (but Familiar) in St. Louis | 10/18/2000 | See Source »

...used up his lifetime allowance of melodrama with his sister's deathbed story, with his claim to being the model for Love Story (he was in part, the author confirmed, but Tipper wasn't) and with his boast that he took "the initiative in creating the Internet" (although even Newt Gingrich says Gore did so in the Congress). Gore is assumed to be exaggerating even when he's not. We're hypersensitive to the flaw, having just finished seven years with his boss, who really knew how to ice the cake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Stretches and Sighs | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

Earlier this year, when democrats were making a list of Republican Senators who would be easy to beat in November, Michigan's Spencer Abraham looked like the Big Easy. A former staff member for Vice President Dan Quayle, he was elected in 1994 as part of the Newt Gingrich insurgency. The state's first G.O.P. Senator in more than 20 years, Abraham went to Washington, then went nowhere. As a Senator he focused on topics like immigrant visas for highly skilled workers - important to business, but not the hottest of hot buttons for voters - while telephone calls from constituents went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Michigan Looks Aren't Everything | 10/14/2000 | See Source »

This is a controversial idea. When Newt Gingrich in 1994 advocated bringing back state-run orphanages for children most at risk of becoming criminals, he was ridiculed and called a racist. But since then, a movement toward residential learning has been quietly gaining steam--and often wins support from the parents of troubled youth. Residential schools focusing on needy children have opened in Philadelphia, West Trenton, N.J., and Washington, and three pilot programs have started in Minnesota...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disruptive Students: The Africa Experiment | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...This is a controversial idea. When Newt Gingrich in 1994 advocated bringing back state-run orphanages for children most at risk of becoming criminals, he was ridiculed and called a racist. But since then, a movement toward residential learning has been quietly gaining steam - and often wins support from the parents of troubled youth. Residential schools focusing on needy children have opened in Philadelphia, West Trenton, N.J., and Washington, and three pilot programs have started in Minnesota...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baraka School: An African Experiment | 10/1/2000 | See Source »

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