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...winner of Friday evening’s game will advance to Sunday’s second round, where it will battle the winner of the other first-round match taking place in Storrs, between Colgate and Arizona...
...recent years “clean and fair elections” have begun to fulfill their promise. In Arizona, Maine and Massachusetts, citizens have already passed referenda to adopt the system for all statewide elections. Following its passage of full public financing in 1996, Maine became the first state in the country to adopt universal health care after the influx of public funds diluted the insurance industry’s influence. Arizona has witnessed a 20 percent increase in voter turnout, more competitive races and an upsurge in minority elected officials. In Massachusetts, however, state legislators, content with their comfortable...
...immigrants who speak primarily Spanish and are open to being romanced by either party. The nation's largest minority group is expected to send 7 million to 8 million citizens to the polls, and even small shifts in the sizable Hispanic communities in hotly contested Florida, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Colorado could have a crucial effect on the outcomes there...
...Trips cost between $1,400 and $5,000, all-inclusive, and must be booked about 18 months in advance. Arizona Raft Adventures, tel: (1-800) 786 7238; www.azraft.com, offers trips of up to 16 days, in which passengers can paddle, kayak, motorboat or be rowed by a guide. And travelers looking for variety might like Western River Expeditions' six-day rafting trip that ends with a helicopter ride out of the Canyon and a flight to Las Vegas, tel: (1-801) 942 6669, www.westernriver.com. Not exactly Powell's idea of adventure, but still a true American West experience...
...they are following intensely, with polls showing the race too close to call. The battleground, once thought to comprise 20 states, is shrinking: Democrats and their allies, for example, are quietly redeploying some of their forces out of Michigan, which they are beginning to think they have won, and Arizona, which is starting to look like a lost cause for them. The number of undecided voters is minuscule--only 3% in a TIME poll last week--though the figure masks the volatility of the race. One in 10 Kerry supporters said they had supported Bush in the past few months...