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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 29, 1999 | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...more intellectually gifted, there is bridge ("Dole's out of trumps, and Clinton can run clubs for the slam, Charles"). Or perhaps chess ("Dole's down a rook and two pawns, and his queen is under attack. I don't think Capablanca could get out of this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VOTE FOR NEW METAPHORS! | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

PHILADELPHIA: Aldrich Ames may soon have a new cell mate. On Friday, Robert Lipka (Soviet codename "Rook"), a former employee of the secretive National Security Agency was arrested on charges of spying for the Soviet Union. Oleg Kalugin, former head of the KGB's foreign counter intelligence service described Lipka in his book, 'First Directorate', calling Lipka's material "significant." During the 60's and 70's, Lipka allegedly photographed and stole classified documents and then sold them to Soviet agents. He apparently quit because he wasn't paid highly enough. TIME'S Douglas Waller says the case "will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grim Shadow of the Cold War | 2/23/1996 | See Source »

Bush did not even think to mention any minorities working with him. Perhaps he assumed that since the questioner was a white woman (Susan Rook of CNN), she would only be interested in the white women aides...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: Artful Dodgers | 10/24/1992 | See Source »

...high schools -- will be casting their votes on the candidates and major issues. Their ballots will be tabulated in a 90-minute TV special, to air Thursday, Oct. 29, on C-SPAN. The show, an unusual collaborative effort, will be produced by hbo and anchored by CNN's Susan Rook. Though it won't be a scientific poll, the results could be an important bellwether: in 1988, 3 1/2 million votes were cast, and they accurately picked the winner (George Bush), even if the results (59% to 41%, against Bush's 53.4% and Michael Dukakis' 45.6% in the actual election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The Publisher: Oct. 12, 1992 | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

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