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...Wanna make George W. Bush smirk? Tell him he's going to get pasted in the presidential debates. Compared with the confident front-runner who resisted rote practice sessions before all those primary debates last winter, Bush, now the self-declared underdog, has been drilling like an Olympic athlete for the three debates he faces on Oct. 3, 11 and 17. He has been practicing since May at his ranch, at the governor's mansion and at other locations in Austin. Some sessions have included a table and podium and an Al Gore, played by New Hampshire senator Judd Gregg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Debate Mind Games | 9/23/2000 | See Source »

...wrote a book about the hearings, titled Resurrection, in which he sounded almost surprised that partisanship can get nasty. With degrees in law and divinity, Danforth is in some ways an overgrown boy scout, which would also balance the smart-alecky Bush. "Jack Danforth wouldn't know how to smirk if you told him to," quipped a former aide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Veep Derby: A Minister Tops The Bush List | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...When he auditioned for MTV in 1998, he slathered himself with shaving cream and went into mock convulsions. "That to me was genius," says MTV programming president Brian Graden. "He delivers attitude and pushes buttons, but he provokes people with a smile on his face instead of a mean smirk." Green's self-titled program has since become one of the music channel's top three shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Wild and Zany Guy | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

GEORGE W. BUSH Up in polls, finesses gay meeting, and will meet McCain. Good time to work on the smirk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Apr. 24, 2000 | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...rest of the day, whenever I told anyone where I would be living, I was met with the same response: a thinly veiled attempt to conceal a "glad-it's-you-and-not-me" smirk accompanied by a fumbling effort to express condolences. Cue that newfound Quad pride again. I didn't want this River-pity--since when do fireplaces and wood paneling give someone such a superiority complex...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, | Title: Calling the Quad Home | 4/5/2000 | See Source »

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