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...might have seemed that Arnold Schwarzenegger got an enormous boost over the weekend when one of his best-known Republican rivals dropped out of California's wild gubernatorial race. But by the time Bill Simon exited, his poll numbers registered as little more than an asterisk in the crowded field. "Everybody had been surprised by [his poor showing], including him," says a G.O.P. strategist. Democrats, meanwhile, appeared to be gaining as they coalesced around what is known as the "no-yes" approach: asking voters to cast a ballot against recalling Governor Gray Davis but in favor of Lieutenant Governor Cruz...
Bajin’s undefeated streak ended against Arizona in the NCAA second round, a result that Graham said merits an asterisk because she was hampered by a back injury. She fell again in the Round of 16 to Stanford’s Alice Barnes, who was undefeated all season at No. 4 singles...
...injury front for Bajin. After an undefeated singles regular season, Bajin injured her back last Tuesday and played for just 30 minutes between then and Saturday’s NCAA match. She suffered her first defeat this spring against Arizona, a result that Graham says merits an asterisk...
Carpenter, then a member of the Florida house of representatives, led his state's 1989 adoption of a do-not-call plan in which phone companies were required to put an asterisk in the phone book beside the names of people who did not want to hear from telemarketers. This law was soon modified into a formal do-not-call list. But the law didn't completely shield Floridians because out-of-state telemarketers, often unaware of the list, continued to call. And Florida-based firms started annoying residents of neighboring Georgia--and helped inspire Georgians to pass their...
...rocky D.C. tenure. Among the potholes: her frequent visits with Nigeria's military government. (Those questions were raised and answered when she was confirmed to be ambassador to New Zealand in 1999, she says.) The smart money bets the 55-year-old will never rise higher than an asterisk in the polls. Still, primaries are volatile. One of Moseley-Braun's advisers, Kitty Kurth, worked for Paul Tsongas in 1992 when the ex-Senator went from punch line to winner of the New Hampshire primary. "Paul did it; Carol might do the same," says Kurth. Of course Tsongas eventually wound...