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...about selling his record of governing in Texas, which he boasts has been successful because of political relationships with Republicans and Democrats that he cultivated before he was even elected. While running against former Democratic Governor Ann Richards in 1994, Bush paid a secret visit to Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock, a Democrat and the most powerful person in Texas politics. "You may not think I'm going to win," Bush told him, "but when I do, I want to work with you." Even after Bush's prediction came to pass, the famously crusty Bullock had a series of smackdowns with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Lover vs. The Fighter | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

...Jefferson was the earlier and more conventional blues artist. A powerful singer who wrote his own music and accompanied himself on the guitar, Jefferson was the first male blues superstar, and enjoyed a highly successful recording career whose influence was still being felt 1961, when Bob Dylan recorded "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" on his debut album. Being the first out of the gate may have accounted for some of Jefferson's success; his songs and their variations became part of the blues canon, but how much of it was Jefferson and how much was part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Men With the Blues Guitars | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

...somewhere along the line, things got screwed up this year. In May, Angelina Jolie was all over the place. Angelina talking about how earth-shattering her sex with Billy Bob Thornton was, Angelina yakking about how she loved self-mutilation, Angelina making out with her brother. But her reign as It Girl ended and Hollywood scurried to find a new subject for ink when she went to film Tomb Raider in London and disappeared from public view...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In the (K)now | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

Didn't the Fighting Irish have the toughest September schedule in college football? Wasn't Bob Davie supposed to be out on his ear after the polls predicted an 0-4 start to the Irish season...

Author: By Tim Jackson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sugar Bowl Surprises | 10/26/2000 | See Source »

...category shall be called "illusory." You like saying, "It's an issue of principle, not politics." I guess that you intend to imply that you are a man of principle, a man of conviction, a man very different from that sleazy D.C. guru next to you. You went to Bob Jones University as a matter of principle, right? It would be absurd to think that you went there to win the Christian, conservative right-wing vote...

Author: By Robert J. Saranchak, | Title: Some Advice For the Man From Texas | 10/24/2000 | See Source »

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