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...tells TIME. All that compassionate-conservative talk, many Democrats decided, was just for show. He promised to restore trust to the office but even lied about that. "I can only conclude that he's a bait-and-switch politician," says Senator Clinton. "He campaigns on unity and changing the tone, and he has absolutely no intention of following through on any of that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside The Mind Of George W. Bush | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

Evans was cordial to his questioner, but after the late night gadfly scurried off, several convention staffers took note of his falsetto tone, effete gestures and flower-printed shirt. So this was the culture clash they’d been hearing about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson on the Floor | 9/2/2004 | See Source »

...pool in a speedy display somewhat slowed by brisk winds, the 1.78-m Kitajima raised his arms in a banzai cheer and threw back his head as a strange wail swirled through the stadium and skittered across the surface of the pool. Delivered in a high-pitched tone perhaps best detected by dogs, the shrieks were the unmistakable call of the teenage Japanese girl. "Ko-chan, congratulations," the girls screamed in unison, waving little rising-sun flags in precise formation. "Little Ko, we love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bouncing Back | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

...icons of the 1960s go, few are more ubiquitous and less understood than Che Guevara. His name has become a catch-all phrase for rebellion, and his image is on posters, mugs and boxer shorts, but only as the instantly recognizable two-tone portrait taken by Alberto Korda in 1960. In his evolution from Castro's right-hand man to the face that launched a thousand T shirts, Guevara has been frozen in time, always and forever the revolutionary. But most people have little sense of how he got there, or that, once upon a time, he was just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Road to Greatness | 8/22/2004 | See Source »

...plausible, positive--and not unpleasant--leader. His success was evident in the mostly mingy responses of his opponents. He rushed through the speech, some said. He didn't defend what Republicans describe as his liberal-liberal-liberal record in the Senate, said others. To my tired ears, the speedier tone was a refreshing change from the molasses pomposity of Kerry past. And I doubt that we'll see George W. Bush explain or defend his "Bring 'em on" or "Mission Accomplished" moments when his turn comes on Sept. 2. Those who wanted Kerry to produce an answer for the endless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Audacity of Hope | 8/9/2004 | See Source »

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