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Word: someness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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It was no accident that the first four questions McCain faced in last week's Republican debate were not about Medicare or Chechnya or Microsoft; they were all about him. Just how bad is your temper, Senator, and why do some of the people who know you best dislike you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Power and The Story | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

If a politician's first campaign has a way of shaping him forever, then you can trace the patterns of his current New Hampshire ground war back to 1982 and the newly poured asphalt of Arizona's rapidly growing First District. Arizona may have been new to McCain, but he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Power and The Story | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

McCain and four other Senators--all Democrats--were charged with meeting with Keating as he sought some protection from regulators who were closing in on his crumbling empire. In McCain's case, the charge was especially galling. When Keating asked for a favor and McCain resisted, Keating told another Senator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Power and The Story | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

The problem is that up on the stage, when he tries to tell stories not about his reckless youth or his heroic comrades but about average Americans and their everyday lives, he is working with much dryer clay. He is best when he is angry, not empathic. He blazes with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Power and The Story | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

His advisers justify their early emphasis on biography by noting that George W. Bush entered the race with 100% name recognition, even if some folks still get him confused with his father. McCain came in a relative unknown, and so has had to introduce himself. Only by telling his story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Power and The Story | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

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