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...long night," he said. The Governor was more right than he knew. The networks sheepishly pulled Florida back from Gore just before 10 o'clock, and Austin came alive. The Governor was, in the words of one associate, "like a prizefighter pulling himself off the mat." Back in the bout, he and his family returned to watching the Western states closely, all the while keeping an eye on Florida. When another late-reporting state fell into line, George W. punched the air with what vigor he had left, while his revived brother smiled--and stayed on the line...
Have you ever wondered who knows your deepest, darkest medical secrets? Like the time you tripped on your shoelace and had to get 18 stitches in your head, or your bout with psychosomatic laryngitis during your 20s? Well, here's some bad news: Pretty much anyone with a little initiative and even a vague understanding of the Internet can uncover your entire medical history with surprisingly little effort. And here's the good news: All that is about to change...
Harvard continues its season on Tuesday with a non-conference bout against Vermont at Lavietes Pavilion...
...crazy as Downey's latest bout of self-destructive behavior seemed, it was pretty typical for someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol. Experts and addicts alike have long understood that willpower alone is helpless in the face of addiction, and in recent years science has started to figure out why. "The brain of a drug user," explains Dr. Alan Leshner, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, "is physically altered in ways that make it difficult to resist further...
...baked hand count wasn't going to make the scoring any more accurate. We'll get over it - by most accounts, this non-election fight between two non-presidents still has the American people cheering at the TV as bemusedly as they would for any Don King-sponsored heavyweight bout. But as December shortens, the people are scanning the arena for a credible referee before the brawl spills out into the street...