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...clock ticks, Gore faces mounting political problems. Polls show that the public's attitude about his challenge splits pretty evenly down party lines, but people are growing more impatient with each passing day. Moderate Democrats in Congress remain skittish and ready to bolt--and if they abandon Gore this week, he will almost surely have to concede. Some of them argue that Gore won Florida but should give up anyway. "Every Democrat feels that Gore is getting screwed," says a top Democratic congressional aide. "But at what cost?" Party leaders feel that Democrats will have a better chance of retaking...
Then the committee voted 3-0 to abandon the recounts. 10,750 undervotes would remain untouched...
Sadly, the high-profile monkey problem may only be growing. Large numbers of baby magots were purchased by trendy Parisians just before the adult magot problems made headlines. If the monkey population explodes as feared--and fad-fatigued owners abandon their charges in greater numbers--men who plan to visit France's parks may want to don protective gear before they wander too far into the woods...
...roaring with anticipation as the familiar shuffling beat filtered from the speakers, but not so much that anyone could call Maas a one-remix wonder. If anything, they much preferred lesser-known but equally well-crafted Maas tracks, occasionally jumping up and down with the reckless abandon of seventh-graders at a school dance. That's not to say that Maas avoided well-known tracks-another crowd favorite was Fatboy Slim's new single "Star 69," universally recognized by its spoken nonsense-meets-gratuitous-obscenity loop...
Given the topic of Tuesday afternoon's TalkBack Live, Bobbie Battista should abandon hopes of becoming a psychic friend...