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Eskew, Shrum and senior adviser Marla Romash set about fixing the message. They quit polling nationally and began focusing on what mattered to Democrats in Iowa and New Hampshire. While they found general support for the things Gore stood for--and for President Clinton as well--they were shocked by how little people knew about Gore. So in mid-October they hit the airwaves of New Hampshire and Iowa with a 60-sec. commercial designed to fill in the basics: Gore had a family, had been in Vietnam, had worked as a journalist. The ads were broadcast for weeks before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Al Came Back To Life | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...really quit an honor not just for him, but for the whole team," tri-captain Brian Cadman said. "We are proud of his achievments and are excited that we could share this award with...

Author: By Elizabeth R. Baxter, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Swimming Conquers Easterns | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

...contrast to sport stars, politicians usually do not resign at the top of their career. A man who single-handedly rescued the Freedom Party after taking over its helm in 1986 does not quit when he is as close to his self-proclaimed goal of becoming Chancellor as never before. Despite his resignation as head of the Freedom Party, his successor said Haider is still the party's "leading...

Author: By Gernot Wagner, | Title: Editorial Notebook: Haider Will Defeat Himself | 3/1/2000 | See Source »

Harvard, however, did not quit and with Prestifilippo pulled and just 1:31 left in the game, freshman center Dominic Moore knocked home a rebound off his brother, junior center Steve Moore's, wristshot to pull the Crimson within...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Drops a Pair to Clarkson, St. Lawrence | 2/22/2000 | See Source »

Bruce Chatwin always seemed almost too good to be true: an "alarmingly handsome" golden boy who became a director of Sotheby's at 25, quit to go to Patagonia and came back with what the blurbists now call "the most influential travel book in the English language." In his address book Jackie Onassis sat next to an oryx herder, and in his prose he'd characteristically present himself talking to a priest while the man "knifed out the eye of a young guanaco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Prodigal Nomad | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

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