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Americans love tax cuts. The politicians who offer reduced taxes seem to collect the most votes. Just look at the past: Walter Mondale in 1984 said a tax hike might be necessary, and lost to Reagan in a landslide. George Bush's 1988 "Read my lips, no new taxes" pledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 9, 1996 | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

What Morris calls "the incredible metaphor of 1980" remains at the heart of their rapport. In 1980 as in 1994, Clinton suffered a shattering defeat and sank into depression. In both cases it seemed impossible for him to climb out of his hole. And in both cases Morris' confidence jump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONVENTION '96: WHO IS DICK MORRIS? | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

Candidates find him odd but endearing--he tells them they can win, knows all about their state, cites chapter and verse on their careers. Roemer calls him "the weirdest guy I ever met in politics"--and Roemer is friends with another eccentric, Clinton's strategist, James Carville. "A wild man...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONVENTION '96: WHO IS DICK MORRIS? | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

Sensing a wedge issue, Bob Dole has promised a "war on drugs." But he won't even acknowledge that education and treatment should be favored over interdiction, as a large majority of the nation's police chiefs advocate. With nothing of substance to say, Dole has lamely promised that winning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE POLITICAL INTEREST: THE PHONY DRUG WAR | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

Even before all the talk of Martian microfossils, the Red Planet was a hot target for NASA, with as many as 10 unmanned missions tentatively scheduled during the next 10 years. After the buzz created by last week's foot-high LIFE ON MARS! headlines, all those missions suddenly look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEXT: ROVERS, SCOOPERS AND MAYBE EVEN ASTRONAUTS | 8/19/1996 | See Source »

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