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...makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court was often a topic of debate for Al Gore and George W. Bush during the campaign, but neither man reckoned that his fate might be at the mercy of the court so soon. Now both men hold their breath while the court decides...
...already weathered questions about Vernon Jordan's ethics, Zoe Baird's nanny and his own publicly stated faith in a possible "deathbed conversion" by Saddam Hussein. And then there was the tardiness question: Would Clinton be on time for his own presidency? As official Washington held its breath and frazzled aides awaited their marching orders, the President teed up Issue...
...talking about it if Nader hadn't run... God spare me the purists." Deb Callahan, president of the League of Conservation Voters, said the Nader biography has to be rewritten. "This changes his legacy as a person." What really rankled them, critics said when they paused to catch their breath, was Nader's glib insistence throughout his campaign that there was no significant difference between Bush and Gore, whom he called Tweedledee and Tweedledum...
This is just a close election. It's time for America to take a deep, cleansing breath, even an audible Al Gore sigh or two. After that, let's all halve our coffee consumption, put the histrionics in a lockbox and take the time we need to try to ameliorate the unsatisfying results from a questionable ballot that has rendered Florida's 25 electoral votes fuzzy...
...Like the week before, Yale was holding its breath into the last seconds of the game, but this time the outcome was in its favor...