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Bradley and his inner circle suffered from what others in the campaign call "the Gandhi Syndrome"--a turn-the-other-cheek style that assumed voters would recognize Bradley's innate superiority and be drawn by his refusal to match Gore blow for blow. But as Gore threw punch after punch, with some landing at or below the belt (Bradley would "eliminate" Medicaid, offer "a little $150 voucher" and wipe out federal nursing-home standards), Gandhi got rocked. He lost control of the campaign and never recovered. In conference calls with the candidate, Bradley supporters like Congressmen Jim McDermott of Washington...
...things up with a dramatic reading of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time." Josette Akresh of Boston University staked her claim for the poetic medium with comedic bluntness, "If you don't appreciate poetry you're an ignorant fool...You need a taste of Socrates and a good hard punch in the kisser." Some of the more memorable idiomatic expressions of the night included the fascinating simile, "waves like asses rise and fall," as well as another student's symbolic appropriation of Richard Dean Anderson, as seen through the eyes of his mother...
...February, Canadian authorities appear to have decided that he stepped over an ill-defined line. "In some sports contexts there is an element of consent to being at risk of physical harm," notes TIME legal analyst Adam Cohen. "So, for example, in boxing, people agree to have others punch them in the face. The question is what are you consenting to in any given situation. In hockey it's not really a game about beating up your opponent. On the other hand, though, professional hockey is aware that there is a lot of violence that goes...
...Russia is restoring its ties with this group 6. Ab __ (from the beginning) 7. He bolted his party 8. Gridder turned pol 9. "The __" (what Bush calls the Texas legislature) 10. Friedrich, the likely new head of Germany's C.D.U. 13. Wispy clouds 19. According to 21. Punch-in-the-gut reaction 22. Detached, in mus. 23. Drug smuggler's unit 24. Not "fer" 25. Cast out 28. Partner of Howard and Howard 29. A util. 30. He preceded Bush as U.S. Representative to the U.N. 32. He is demanding that 49-Down disarm 35. To date 36. A diuretic...
Seriously behind in points, Bill Bradley needed to deliver a knockout punch in Wednesday night's debate, the type of blow that would draw the headlines that have eluded his candidacy since the primary season began in late January. Instead, the ex-senator employed the dubious fight plan of laying off of his opponent, getting in only the occasional soft jab. Bradley barely mentioned Gore during the debate, reversing his previous tack of criticizing the veep's wavering on such issues as abortion and gun control, and instead emphasizing his own agenda. In the end, the only headlines Bradley garnered...