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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lusciously cynical switch, the amendments that various G.O.P. Senators had tacked on to make the bill more palatable now made it easier to deride as a huge, mangled monument to Big Government. And so Lott spun in place and called for a vote on whether to let the bill come to the floor, knowing full well that McCain did not have the 60 votes he would need. And with that, any chance of passing a comprehensive bill died, stalling the engine that was meant to power the last two years of the Clinton presidency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Up In Smoke | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

...switch the channel?" Mike's wife used to ask him when he got particularly agitated. But Mike thought that switching channels would simply confirm his growing suspicion that all public-affairs programming was sponsored by Archer Daniels Midland, using his money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just The Owner, Not The Boss | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

Pepsi, a longtime NASCAR sponsor, has in fact redirected its race against Coke by hitching its wagon to Gordon, hoping it can emulate his ability to win coming from behind. "They said all the right things," notes Gordon of the Pepsi switch. "They've really got behind me and done exactly what they said they were going to do." After ceding its "official soft drink of NASCAR" status to Coke this year, the company has essentially said, We'll take Gordon, you take the rest. "He's an exciting new-generation athlete who matches up with Pepsi's personality," effuses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smile, You're A Winner! | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

Indeed, this was one incentive for Buckley to switch cities...

Author: By Stephanie K. Clifford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Next Cambridge | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

After coming to Harvard as a forward and playing that position in his freshman year, McLaughlin was moved to marking back as a sophomore to help his team. Despite the switch, he was named to the All-Ivy Second Team that year...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: `Tommy Mac' Set for the Revolution | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

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