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...such tort-reform legislation. President Clinton, trying to position himself between the GOP and liberal Democrats as he prepared for his 1996 reelection campaign, alarmed the trial bar with talk of compromise. "He did indicate his willingness to sign a bill that met certain parameters," says Fred Baron, a Texan who is president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dinner, a Memo and a Gusher of Texas Law Money | 9/13/2000 | See Source »

...defended his father ferociously and even borrowed some of his moves as he crisscrossed the district morning to night in his white Oldsmobile. To the charge that he was not a real Texan, he replied that he would have liked to have been born in Midland, but at the time he wanted to be close to his mother, "and she happened to be in New Haven, Conn." It was similar to a line his dad had used in his losing race against Ralph Yarborough 14 years before. "Kent Hance gave me a lesson on country-boy politics," Bush says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republican Convention: The Quiet Dynasty | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

...Democratic National Convention in 1988, "he can't help it...he was born with a silver foot in his mouth." The old man had spent his life trying to shake the Greenwich out of his cowboy boots, but W. had already immunized himself. He was a real Texan, and he had the squint to prove it. Bush won with 53% of the vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republican Convention: The Quiet Dynasty | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

TIME: Your father seemed torn between being a scion of this New England gentry and being the Texan that he cast himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republican Convention: George Bush: My Heritage Is Part of Who I Am | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

...race, backed by strong teams. So when Armstrong, with a weak Postal team (as of Friday, his nearest teammate was in 31st place) and a body that looks stronger than it did last year, sprinted those eight miles, all of Europe had to accept that the Texan would be the first repeat champion since Spain's Miguel Indurain in 1995. "We know who the winner is already. No one can fight him," said Walter Godefroot, director of Ullrich's Telecom team. The only one not admitting the Tour is over is Armstrong, who on Tuesday refused a Champagne celebration suggested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lance Armstrong: Uphill Racer | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

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