Word: bump
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...McCain believes he must get within 15 points of Bush in South Carolina by the time New Hampshire votes. Then, if he wins Tuesday, the bump could put him within striking distance. If there's no New Hampshire victory or bounce, he's sunk. And even if he does exceptionally well this week, South Carolina could be the impossible dream if only because its Republicans seem so enamored of George Bush--not the callow young Bush running for President but the nostalgia-tinged older Bush who already served. South Carolina gave President Bush his second highest vote percentage...
...swagger up the steps, past the gift shop, past the cheesy caf, and bump right smack dab into another security guard, another non-descript accent...
Wily shoppers realize that in the hustle and bustle of trying to get your hands on the last elusive syllabus you can't help but bump into a few lookers. In large classes you can see these students busily scanning, not the reading list, but the crowd, hoping to spot that cute guy or gal they never had time to search out after section last semester...
Though he had anticipated a bump from his strong showing in the Iowa caucuses, publisher Steve Forbes received only 14 percent of the vote to finish third. Alan L. Keyes '72 finished fourth, with 6 percent of the vote. Gary Bauer, the former Reagan policy aide, barely topped one percent to place fifth...
...Hampshire has long been known as a bump in the road for front-runners, and this year will be no exception," he said...