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...facing a very tough year. As a Republican governor with a Democratic legislature, it will be very hard to reach any compromise-they won't want to give him anything in a pre-election year. And voters aren't in a forgiving mood. "California has just spent $50m on a special election which got them nothing-everything was voted down," Garrett notes. "People aren't very happy with their politicians...
...electrophonic noise, echoed by thunderous sonic booms as the air slows it through the sound barrier. Around it an envelope of ionized gas produces an incandescent fireball, brilliant as the sun, hot enough to vaporize the metal until what's left - as massive as a battleship and some 50m across - drives itself at more than 20,000 km an hour into the desert floor. At the point of impact, monstrous kinetic energy is converted almost instantly into heat, turning the meteorite into a spray of molten metal, pulverizing the ground beneath, fusing sandstone into glass. A crater nearly a kilometer...
After the former fastest man in the world, Donovan Bailey, battled back from a ruptured achilles and a pulled hamstring just to compete in Sydney, isn't it just a little tragic that a case of the flu forced the 32 year-old to pull up short 50m into his quarterfinal race...
Other first-place finishers included junior Karl Scheer in the 100m freestyle, sophomore Alex Kurmakov in the 50m freestyle, Younger in the 200m backstroke and freshman Denis Sirringhaus in the 500m freestyle and the 400m relay team...
What followed was a run of strong performances, including a 21.27 second performance by sophomore Bryon Butts in the 50m freestyle, resulting in a sound victory for Harvard...