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Pulled football's version of the Triple Crown - accused of being a drunk, a racist and a quitter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Super Bowl XXXV Preview | 1/24/2001 | See Source »

President Alberto Fujimori's decision to accept a runoff election has walked his country back from the brink, but he's no quitter - and that suggests Peru may be in for a turbulent couple of months. The runoff was announced late Wednesday after electoral officials reported that Fujimori had narrowly failed to achieve a majority in a poll tainted by charges of vote-rigging. But that announcement may be a reflection that the president has been feeling foreign and domestic pressure over charges that he was stealing the election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Fujimori Backed Off From Claiming Victory | 4/13/2000 | See Source »

...aggressive. Again Bradley spoke first, lamenting the state of politics and wondering why he and Gore couldn't be more like home-run rivals Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, "pushing [each other] to be the best we could be." When it was Gore's turn, he called Bradley a quitter--Bradley left the Senate while Gore "stayed and fought"--and then neatly turned the tables on his reform-minded rival. "I listened carefully to what you had to say about making this campaign a different kind of experience," he began. "I really agree." He proposed a debate a week, each...

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

This comes after Pippen told ESPN that Barkley was "fat" and "selfish." Considering Barkley had a better year than Pippen, what does that make Scottie? How about "lazy" and "a quitter" and "a whiner" and, most of all, "overrated" and "overpaid...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BLee-ve It! | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

...clear: the presidency first, the relationship later. She was virtually alone in her will to fight. "I don't think there was a person in the White House who gave him a snowball's chance in hell, except Hillary," says a former official. "Neither one of them is a quitter. He's a sniveler and a whiner, but when push comes to shove, he's got a backbone of steel--exceeded only by hers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hillary Clinton: The Better Half | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

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