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...Gore needed two things last week: a 10-ft. pole to distance himself from Bill Clinton and an issue to distance himself from George W. Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Al Gore's Lucky Break | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...security guard driving to work comes upon the scene and opens fire on the shooter as Atkinson's car rolls ahead aimlessly and plows into a utility pole. The guard, a red-haired, 300-lb. Irishman named Rory Vertigan, wings the shooter, who drops the Lincoln into reverse, slams into Vertigan's car and comes out flashing metal. Vertigan, his gun empty, rushes the driver, rips his gun away, throws him to the pavement and hands the weapon to another civilian just on the scene, ordering him to stand watch while Vertigan rushes to Atkinson and sees he has been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death On The Beat | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...course, that seems to be the line of the Italians." Considering the ages of the likely candidates, the next Pope is unlikely to be a 20-year man; certainly it seems impossible that any of them could bring the charisma -? and inspire the love ?- that a certain unknown Pole did back in 1979. When John Paul II passes, he will have left red shoes all but impossible to fill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope, the Church and Change | 6/18/1999 | See Source »

...moon's surface and interior, Lunar Prospector is running out of fuel, and is expected to crash at the end of July. Rather than just let it go, however, NASA decided to give the satellite a final mission: to take aim at a crater near the moon's south pole and slam into it at 3,600 M.P.H...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Satellite | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...chasing frenetic actor ANDY DICK down an L.A. street last week was not looking for an autograph. After Dick crashed his car into a utility pole and fled the scene, a civic-minded bystander chased, caught and restrained him until police arrived. Dick was later charged with driving under the influence and possession of marijuana and cocaine. The arrest came hours after NBC announced it would not renew Dick's series NewsRadio and capped a troubled season for the comedian who can charitably be called eccentric. After a stint in a rehab clinic last year, Dick was threatened with arrest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 31, 1999 | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

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