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After Richard Shelby voted against the nomination of John Tower for Secretary of Defense, McCain lashed out at the Alabama Senator, saying Shelby would "pay for it." McCain says he'd do it again today, charging that Shelby lied to him about supporting the former Texas Senator for the post. McCain clashed with former Navy Secretary John Dalton when Dalton held up for review the promotion of Commander Bob Stumpf, a former leader of the Blue Angels and decorated Gulf War pilot who played a minor role in the Tailhook scandal and whom McCain supported. When Stumpf withdrew his name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: In This Corner... | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...These photos include images of all the famous, celebrated sights of Paris, including the Eiffel Tower, the Luxembourg Gardens, the Tuileries, cavernous depths of the numerous cathedrals, and typically French cafes. Not one of them is cliched. Just as the subject of each photo has a feel of early morning freshness, Baskett's approach to his work as a whole is drenched in originality...

Author: By Dunia Dickey, | Title: Paris, Thursday Morning: Photographs by Paul Baskett | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

Sigafoos, a 6'10 tower, will play on the junior varsity team this season along with 6'7 freshman forward Don VanValkenburgh...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cleaning House: Seven Fresh Faces Grace M. Hoops Roster | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

...even as Rudenstine pledges to increase Harvard's commitment to reach out from its ivory tower, one of the most visible and long-standing pieces of Harvard's real world involvement is fighting to remain intact...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Management Troubles Darken HIID's Future | 11/9/1999 | See Source »

Fine, but will those who get their first look at Greed this Thursday think it's worth watching? The game's rules seem harder than its questions (see boxes). A team of six members tries to move up the "Tower of Greed," ascending from $25,000 to $2 million questions. One wrong answer and the team loses everything. As the prize money escalates, "terminator rounds" pit contestants against one another. The most interesting question on Greed is, Which team player will start tossing mates overboard in a mad pursuit of the one-winner-takes-all top prize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: A $2 Million Question | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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