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...staff members were so excited by his performance that they spun themselves into a whopper, telling reporters they had been swamped with favorable calls from viewers around the country. Problem was, the show hadn't aired around the country; it had just finished taping in Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Oprah Primary | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

...staff members were so excited by his performance that they spun themselves into a whopper, telling reporters they had been swamped with favorable calls from viewers around the country. Problem was, the show hadn't aired around the country; it had just finished taping in Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oprah Primary | 9/23/2000 | See Source »

...then there's the master. Clinton can launch a whopper like "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" and have it stay aloft for nearly a year. Gore says there's "no controlling legal authority," and it's a late-night laugh line in Jay Leno's monologue before you can say Buddhist nun. Gore is just so obvious. When laying one on us, he tilts his head, goes all syrupy like an infomercial host, and slows his singsong voice even further (picture a teacher's pet whining Good morning, Miss Jones, and you've captured the Gore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stretching the Fabric | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

...last week, uncharacteristically stifling an "Aack!" through five days of her co-workers' cheeseburger-eating braggadocio. Demand for beef in 1999 is projected to rise 1.6% over last year, and for pork 2.3%. Having it your way now includes having a plate, fork and knife included with a bunless Whopper at Burger King. Celebrities and everyday folks alike are bragging about the bacon and eggs they downed for breakfast, followed by a midday repast of pork rinds. In return for this unlimited meat, all the new diets ask is that you lay off the penne and rice. Who wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Low-Carb Diet Craze | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...Saudi Arabia?s Prince Al Walid bin Talal, a major shareholder in EuroDisney, that the corporation would steer clear of the controversy. Last month, Burger King found itself in similar straits after it opened an outlet in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. The Home of the Whopper withdrew its franchise after activists threatened a boycott of its burgers throughout the Islamic world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerusalem's Status? Leave It to Mickey Mouse | 9/14/1999 | See Source »

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