Word: arizona
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...Arizona, Georgia, Texas and Florida will each gain two congressional seats and thus two electoral-college votes; Colorado, Nevada and North Carolina and California (which went for Gore, if barely) will each gain...
...Arizona b) Hawaii c) Vermont d) Washington...
...fighter pilot knows, it's not just how well you fight, it's how well you crash. In Vietnam, John McCain survived more than five years in a POW camp after being shot down. In this year's G.O.P. primary, the Arizona Senator--likening himself to Luke Skywalker attacking the Death Star--flew hell-for-leather against his party's anointed leader, George W. Bush, championing the anathematized cause of campaign-finance reform. McCain based his campaign on "straight talk." His forthright style earned him goodwill from the press and an intense following among independents and disaffected voters, who turned...
...again on the environment. Making up for lost time, he has created or expanded 13 national monuments, giving new protection to more than 4 million acres of land, from the sequoias in California to salmon- spawning grounds in Washington to archaeological sites in Colorado and ancient ironwood trees in Arizona. And he is proposing to set aside 58 million acres of forest as sanctuaries that will be off limits to road builders...
...time is ripe for Cheney to take action: Last April, an Osprey crashed in Arizona and killed 19 Marines (the corps ultimately blamed the tragedy on its dead pilots). Two weeks ago, Phil Coyle, the Pentagon's top weapons-tester, said the Osprey is "more difficult and costly" to keep flying than the 30-year old helicopters it is designed to replace. In fact, it breaks down twice as often. More critically, it's not ready for military missions: It hasn't been approved for the vigorous maneuvers required in combat and lacks the required gun, and Marines...