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...much trouble he is in. In the late spring, the Gore campaign did its research and poked the focus groups and found that it was losing a slice of independents Clinton had conquered in 1996--not just the soccer moms in the suburbs but the waitress moms who punch the clock and still struggle to hold it all together, new economy be damned. Many voted for Clinton last time but favored Perot in 1992 and don't always care enough about politics to go to the polls at all. That's why Gore spent so much time last week trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democratic Convention: Picking A Fight | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

Chalk it up to The Sixth Sense or the spiritual-supernatural drama Touched by an Angel, but the departed are no longer taking death lying down. And the spirits of TV present are no longer mere bogeymen or punch lines. They're, well, spiritual spirits: kindly characters, cast in emotional plots, who succor more than scare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Ghosts in the Machine | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

...Only fan favorite Rudy was neither more nor less than he had been. Unrepentant to guffaws about his Rudyisms, talking about honor and his Navy SEAL "buddies," nailing some pretty good punch lines. Rudy has applied for "Survivor II" in Australia. "I'm going to keep trying till I win," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Post-Game Show: Only Rudy Was the Same | 8/24/2000 | See Source »

...have it. The four-step plan to Becoming a Better Person. Take what you think will be useful, and discard the rest. In the meantime, congratulations, keep on swinging those clubs and fighting the good fight. We're all kind of proud of you, in an aw-shucks, punch you in the shoulder, American sporting event kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dear Tiger: An Open Letter to the King of Swing | 8/21/2000 | See Source »

...proves that the announcement was premature. Art Official Intelligence has an impressively eclectic lineup of guests, including Busta Rhymes, Chaka Khan and members of the Beastie Boys (Mike D and Ad Rock). De La Soul's songs, like the warm, stuttery Set the Mood, lack the vulgar, low-riding punch of gangsta rap, but they find strength in invention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump, De La Soul | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

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