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...Rubin might like the profile a little, but he wouldn't have much tinkering to do as veep. He'd be miserable sitting on his hands. Evan Bayh would be thrilled, and Bob Graham would be pleased as punch - how much do senators really do anyway? Either gives Gore a shot at a state he'd love to steal, and he could be offering voters the future, not the past. It would be a Gore-owned ticket, a sign he is the top man now, and then Gore could at least know what America really thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OK, Al — If It's Cheney, Who Do You Love? | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

After all the listening, nodding and waving in parades, someone has finally thrown a punch in the New York Senate race. In an appeal for money, Rick Lazio sent out these words, "Hillary Clinton and her husband have embarrassed our country and disgraced their powerful posts." He then zeroed in on the mother lode of what bugs some people about her. "She covets power and control and thinks she should be dictating how other people run their lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rick Lazio And The Art Of Fighting Nice | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

...name: radio. Scifi.com's Seeing Ear Theatre is offering original audio programs, including this 13-episode series by s-f scribe J. Michael Straczynski. The opening 32-min. story has little suspense, since its title (The Damned Are Playing at Godzilla's Tonight) is also its punch line. Steve Buscemi gives the lead character--a racist rock-club owner--his familiar sleazy-loser clamminess. But City of Dreams will have to improve to hold even a flickering candle to old cathode-tube chillers like Suspense and Lights Out. We miss the creaky-floor sound effects and the eerie melodies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: City of Dreams | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

...Cambridge resident called CPD to report that her neighbor rang her doorbell and started screaming at her. The neighbor threatened to punch her in the face, claiming that the resident touched her baby carriage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Log | 7/14/2000 | See Source »

...Uncle Sam is gaming taxpayers with a version right now. Eliminating the estate tax, which the Senate will consider this week, is the sweet stuff. Levying additional tax on capital gains, a form of wealth the stock-owning masses have come into big time, is the punch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Taxing Change | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

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