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...arms around the congressional G.O.P. in a way his father never managed--a way that could serve him well if the election ends up being decided in Congress. Bush is holding regular discussions on legislative strategy with key allies such as Tennessee Senator Bill Frist, Ohio Congressman Rob Portman and Missouri Representative Roy Blunt, a conservative leader close to Tom DeLay. Bush has a team of lobbyists and consultants--known as the Gang of Six--on call to remind uncooperative members of Congress where their campaign money comes from. And Bush has even weighed in on sensitive G.O.P. leadership decisions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: Flipping The Script | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

Finding Forrester brings together the gruff, Salinger-like recluse author William Forrester (Sean Connery) and the 16-year-old Jamal Wallace (newcomer Rob Brown), already a fine writer himself with basketball skills to match. It takes some time, of course, for their relationship to progress through the steps of the student-mentor story formula: they spar at first, but gradually grow more comfortable with each other, talking, writing and dishing out pseudo-profound remarks that are far less interesting than the screenwriter must have thought. More than anything, their friendship appears to be based on simply spending time together, yammering...

Author: By Benjamin J. Soskin, CONTIBUTING WRITER | Title: Writer's Block: Forrester Falls Flat | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

...quarterfinals, Volpe lost a close 13-10 bout to EIWA No. 1 Rob Rohn of Lehigh, Rohn took fourth at NCAA's last year...

Author: By Jodie L. Pearl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Gets Strong Performances in Las Vegas, Finishes 23rd | 12/5/2000 | See Source »

...creation of four works of art: Rob Nilsson's 1987 film Heat and Sunlight (60 hours), Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez's 1999 The Blair Witch Project (eight days), George A. Romero's 1968 Night of the Living Dead (six days) and Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 (49 hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Decide Already! Mayflies Are Dying in Droves | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...godsend, the greatest benefactor to the working stiff since the advent of the boring job. It's technically an illness; in reality it's a universally acceptable excuse to declare yourself hors de combat and take a day off from work. Wipe out the common cold and you rob millions of Americans per week of their sacred rights not only to malinger without fear of retribution but actually to win sympathy while doing it. Nobody knows better than the American working stiff that the nonmalingering life isn't worth living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Four Inventions I Hope I Never See | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

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