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...both candidates are cut from the same New Democrat cloth, and issues of style will play a major role. But being a battle for the hearts and minds of the Democratic left, the televised match-up is more likely to be more about the whole policy schmear than personal smear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gore vs. Bradley: Get Ready for a Wonkfest | 10/27/1999 | See Source »

...fundamentalist activity in the United States. And, anyone who came to Emerson's presentation with an open mind was confronted with a level-headed, informative and compelling exposition of the very real threat that Islamic militants pose to America and the world. Unfortunately, Emerson was met with a reactionary smear campaign organized by official representatives of this campus's Muslim community...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: Extremism and Its Apologists | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...Mars and Jupiter. When an international team of astronomers working at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) on Mauna Kea in Hawaii turned their attention toward Eugenia one evening last fall, however, they spotted something curious. Off on the upper-left corner of the fuzzy-looking image was another smear of light they couldn't identify. "These blobs are often artifacts of the optics," says astronomer William Merline, head of the team, "but this blob hung around. Once we saw it was moving in a pattern consistent with an orbit, we knew it was a satellite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Moon over Eugenia | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...screening tests, but the most common checks for the presence of blood in a stool sample. Let's be frank: no one likes chasing poop in the potty with a stick. But I've done it, and it's not hard. You need only the barest sample to smear on the card. Yes, it's disgusting, but think of the reward. Doctors estimate that the mortality rate of colon cancer would drop 30% if everyone would overcome his or her squeamishness about providing a stool sample...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Colon Checkup | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...participate in lesbian story lines. Sable alleges that her resistance led to her scripted defeat in the ring earlier this month. Now she has sued the WWF for $110 million, saying the sport has become "obscene, titillating, vulgar and unsafe." A WWF lawyer says Sable's suit is a "smear job" and will be "vigorously defended." Presumably in a court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 21, 1999 | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

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