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...reluctantly cast the vote that put it over the top in the House. Republicans on the other side of the chamber waved their hankies at her and chanted, "Bye-bye, Margie." (Sure enough, she was gone in the next election, along with many other Democrats who had come to town on Clinton's coattails.) The Senate passed the package by a single vote as well, and the fight was even uglier. His powers of persuasion failing him with his onetime presidential rival Bob Kerrey, Clinton found himself shouting into the telephone at the Nebraska Senator, "F___ you!" He got Kerrey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton and Congress: A Bad Marriage | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...walking insult," says Frank Bryan, a University of Vermont political science professor. "Who the hell does he think he is?" Tuttle kept the state in stitches as he humorously--but devastatingly--pointed out McMullen's flaws. In one debate Tuttle asked McMullen to pronounce the name of a Vermont town, Calais. McMullen fumbled. (It may be cah-lay in France, but it is cah-las in Vermont.) He couldn't define a tedder (hay fluffer). What's worse, shortly after competing in a milking contest, he said cows have six teats. "I mean, oh, my God!" Tuttle yelled, amazed that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lights, Camera...Fred! | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...think it is disappointing how many people don't vote," Jennifer Monti '02 said. "I hope to find more political activity here then I did in small town communities at home...

Author: By Joshua S. Carson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: IOP Fights Political Apathy | 9/25/1998 | See Source »

...find a member with a moderate view on any of them. When it comes to bickering over Bill Clinton's fate, nobody does it better than this crew. Click below for TIME Daily's jaundiced guide to the characters who are set to star in the greatest show in town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Closer Look: Congress's Most Dysfunctional Committee | 9/25/1998 | See Source »

...every 100 new cars wouldn't start, Detroit would be a ghost town. But somehow Silicon Valley keeps booming despite the fact that a significant fraction of the computers it ships either don't work as advertised or don't work at all. In a new Windows magazine survey, some 87 percent of respondents reported that their computers booted up just fine. That sounds pretty good at first glance; but what it really means is that an astounding 13 percent of PCs are either dead on arrival or seriously maimed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brain-Dead PCs | 9/24/1998 | See Source »

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