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Bush and his supporters emphasized that he has talked openly about the drinking problems he had before he gave up alcohol in 1986. They saw the D.U.I. story as a suspiciously timed sucker punch, aimed at manipulating voters in the final days of a breathtakingly close race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Fallout From A Midnight Ride | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...white pickup skids to a halt, the driver spotting a white-tailed doe and a buck in the brush off Sucker Creek Road in Alcona County. The deer are on private property, so if this hacker grabs his rifle and takes a shot, he's under arrest. Bob Mills, my partner, radios to our backups, Sergeant Pete Malette and Officer Warren MacNeill, who are hiding in a nearby grove. "We've got a looker," Mills tells them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bambi's Got A Little Secret | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...Bush and his supporters emphasized that he has talked openly about the drinking problems he had before he gave up alcohol in 1986. They saw the DUI story as a suspiciously timed sucker punch, aimed at manipulating voters in the final days of a breathtakingly close race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fallout From a Midnight Ride | 11/4/2000 | See Source »

...nations--will now descend on it to participate in 300 events, which will be covered by an astounding 21,000 journalists. You can tell yourself you won't watch, but you will. Call it the Olympic spirit, call it the love of good television, call it being a sucker for a good race, game, match or fight. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls--and the children we all become as we get lost in the spectacle--turn your attention to Sydney, where for 17 days this fall we will see one hell of a race. The human race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summer Olympics: Ready...Set... ...Sydney | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...Chiefs we shall not speak. They are abominable. Are they not abominable? They are. And yet, you look at that fat 8 1/2 points the Titans are spotting them, and, even though you know this is a sucker bet, you can't stop yourself from believing that, well, maybe the Griefs won't lose by that much, and those Titans are probably taking them lightly anyway, and - ah, just do it: Chiefs plus 8 1/2. And hate yourself in the morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Top of the Covers | 9/8/2000 | See Source »

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