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...virtually alone in her will to fight. "I don't think there was a person in the White House who gave him a snowball's chance in hell, except Hillary," says a former official. "Neither one of them is a quitter. He's a sniveler and a whiner, but when push comes to shove, he's got a backbone of steel--exceeded only by hers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hillary Clinton: The Better Half | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...lost most of his hearing when he was young, but who soldiered through the toughest science classes flawlessly by lip reading and compulsive study. (His hearing would later be restored after five reconstructive operations over 20 years.) And though Grove says he is a "whiner" when it comes to minor ailments, he is a man who coldly eyed a diagnosis of prostate cancer, researched the options and ignored his doctors' advice to pursue his own, so far successful, therapy. "Ruthless intellectual honesty" is the way friends describe Grove's strongest characteristic. Andy has another word for it: "Fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANDREW GROVE: A SURVIVOR'S TALE | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

...National Whiner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Dec. 8, 1997 | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

...post-Menendez brothers era, it's hard to accept the criminal as a victim and truly sympathize with someone like Alan. It's also (perhaps intentionally) hard to commiserate with Dr. Dysart, who comes off as more of a middle-aged yuppie whiner than a genuine care-giver. Nevertheless, the doctor does succeed in exposing the complexities of what seemed to be an open-and-shut case of guilt. While most viewers probably still end up condemning the boy for his crime, the rush to judgment is not nearly as hasty or eager as at the beginning of the play...

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: A Horse of a Different Color | 4/17/1997 | See Source »

...mother of a 16-month-old girl. When Lieut. Cuevas was a plebe at West Point, I supervised her training. I can tell you that Emma was a whiner even then. I'm sorry I didn't do more to persuade her to leave the service. If I had, she could feed her child without embarrassing military women everywhere with her drivel. I guess Cuevas was my first leadership disappointment. JOANNE C. MOORE Captain, U.S.A. Columbus, Georgia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 24, 1997 | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

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