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...sometimes seem defensive when he feels he's not receiving the proper deference?he has taken to it with the easy grace of a natural. If Al Gore is a politician who burns too hot, whose nervousness and eagerness make those viewing him, on TV or in person, squirm with discomfort, then Thaksin is blessed with cool. It's almost a pleasure to watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The Clear | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...There is nothing quite as unacceptable today as racism, and if individuals wriggle and squirm when confronting their own racist demons, today's nation-states are even more averse - not least because an honest reckoning with the past carries some uncomfortable political and legal implications in the present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's a Racist? Can a UN Conference Decide? | 8/1/2001 | See Source »

Later that day I got a qualified thank-you e-mail from student Adam Riff, who invited me to hang out with a dozen friends in his parents' living room, where they tried to make me feel better. "We all enjoyed watching the principal squirm and turn red in the face," Adam offered. I was also told I was in good company because Star Trek Voyager's LeVar Burton spoke last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High School Drop-In | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

Politicians love to say "I told you so," particularly if it makes a political enemy squirm. That's why the economic downturn now has Democrats tuning up their "I-told-you-so" chorus. As the economy worsens, the federal government collects less in taxes. The White House is already predicting that revenues will be down by $56 billion for the 2001 fiscal year. And economists who testified recently before the Senate Budget Committee predicted that revenues would shrink another $50-70 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Dems Are Singing "I Told You So" on the Budget | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

...Later that day I got a qualified thank-you e-mail from student Adam Riff, who invited me to hang out with a dozen friends in his parents' living room, where they tried to make me feel better. "We all enjoyed watching the principal squirm and turn red in the face," Adam offered. I was also told I was in good company because Star Trek Voyager's LeVar Burton spoke last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High School Drop-In | 7/1/2001 | See Source »

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