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...raises our game with his intensity. I wish some of his intensity would rub off some more on the other guys on the field," Kerr said...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Soccer Overcomes Driving Rain, Huskies | 9/27/2000 | See Source »

Sometimes all this money was delivered privately. Sometimes it was delivered at public fund raisers held along the Strip. In that November 1997 fund raiser, gaming executives paid at least $1,000 a person to rub shoulders with Republican leaders Trent Lott and Mitch McConnell, in an event that gaming officials characterized as a "tremendous success." Democrats received similar treatment in July 1999 when House minority leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island and Ways and Means ranking member Charles Rangel of New York attended a Las Vegas luncheon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Throwing The Game | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...emphasis of conservative ideals more than the politics of the presidential race seemed to rub off on the first-years in attendance...

Author: By Elijah M. Alper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Republicans stress conservative ideology, fun | 9/22/2000 | See Source »

WASHINGTON--I'm interning in the White House this summer. So far, it's been a phenomenal experience to rub shoulders with John Podesta, the current chief of staff--especially for someone who dreams of someday holding that post...

Author: By Todd E. Plants, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Where Yuppies Fear to Tread | 7/28/2000 | See Source »

...matter. The audience laughs just as much whether the material is good or lame. But there's the rub. DeGeneres has lost her barometer for testing laughworthiness. There's no quality control like a tough room, and all the rooms DeGeneres plays are warm and nurturing. It's as if she honed her routine by doing it for her mother and a thousand doting aunts. One of the reasons comedians make us laugh is that they see the world differently from us. They're ridiculously paranoid or filthy minded or clumsy. But Ellen is very warmly embraced by loads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Ellen, Back Again | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

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