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There are advantages for the President too in ceding the spotlight and letting someone else gear up while you gear down. In his birthday toast, Jordan said, "Mr. President, if you're 53 and you wake up and nothing hurts, then you're dead." Clinton responded, "I'm not dead yet." Indeed, hurting is a way of life for the Clintons. Survival, like their mutual ambition, welds them together in a way that nothing can put asunder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sunny Days Are Here Again | 9/6/1999 | See Source »

...million in "soft money"--unlimited contributions that are used for getting out the vote, putting "issue" ads on the air and covering other big expenses. That's about 45% more than the party raised in the same period four years ago. Isn't it time to pour the margaritas, toast the revving economy and give thanks to the party's ultra-motivated electorate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dialing Back The Dollars | 9/6/1999 | See Source »

...forty-one doesn't mean you're burning out; it means you're toast. No one expected Agassi to resurface this time. But he did an extraordinary thing, entering a couple of bush-league events, tournaments filled with hopeful kids who helped him rediscover the spark that was missing. Oh, he beat the kids to a pulp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Open: The Many Faces Of Agassi | 9/6/1999 | See Source »

...suggest that sticky problems over "ownership" of the reunion can be averted if you choose a site on neutral ground--an attractive location equally convenient to most of the clan. As many relatives as possible should be enlisted in putting on the show, whether to cook or deliver a toast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reunion Rules | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

...veteran of numerous Democratic presidential campaigns, refused to quash rumors that he'd been approached by unnamed Illuminati urging him to seek a spot on the national ticket. Citing concern over campaign-finance reform and a certain lack of zeal for supercentrist candidates Gore and Bradley (once considered the toasts of Beverly Hills, but if Beatty should run, perhaps just toast), the leading man whose most recent movie role was that of a Mad Hatter Senator, Jay Bulworth, threatened to inject color and charisma, and a dose of classic leftism, into a thus far pale political season. "The political system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: President Bulworth | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

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