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...candidate direct questions about his stepfather's drinking and violence. Clinton told more about his past as court records came to light and as his younger brother described their home to reporters. "One of the frustrating things about this whole deal, this nationwide attempt to make me look slick -- to which I may have contributed -- is that people expect me to remember things I don't remember all of, or to share things I thought I was never supposed to share. I mean, it's a strange sort of deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Forgotten Childhood | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

More than anything, the 76th running of the Indianapolis 500 resembled a war of attrition. Of the 33 drivers who started last week's prestigious annual auto race, only 12 finished. Along the way, slick tires, miserable cold and over-powered engines induced 10 heart-stopping crashes that sent 13 drivers to the hospital and 13 of the $500,000 race cars to the junkyard. But winner Al Unser Jr., 30, whose .043-second margin was the tightest win in Indy history, insists car speed has not outpaced car safety. Says he: "Safety technology is doing great right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finish Line Unsafe | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

Voters like Ross Perot because he's a doer--and as a slick political operator and autocrat, he would no doubt "get things done" as president. But what "things"? If we are going to grant this guy so much power, we should get some idea of what he would do with...

Author: By Jason M. Solomon, | Title: Voting for the Insiders' Outsider | 6/2/1992 | See Source »

...last week, he borrowed one -- from Clinton. Campaigning in Philadelphia for next week's Pennsylvania primary, Clinton blasted Bush for appropriating a guaranteed-college-loan plan "that has been at the core of my presidential campaign since the day I announced." The Governor quipped, "Now, they say I'm slick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Politics: Is Bush Getting a Free Ride? | 4/27/1992 | See Source »

...convince often clashing interests that he is on their side. Clinton's defenders like to point out that the now sainted Franklin D. Roosevelt was often regarded in his day as a crafty politician promising something for everybody. But 1992 is the worst possible year to be called "Slick Willie" -- the nickname invented by opponents of Clinton in Arkansas that he detests but has never been able to shake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Clinton: Questions Questions Questions | 4/20/1992 | See Source »

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