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...convincing fashion Tuesday night. Bush routed Democratic challenger and political rookie Bill McBride - 56% to 43% - becoming the first GOP governor ever to win re-election in Florida. Meanwhile, the state, which as recently as the botched September primary races looked as though it still couldn't vote and chew gum at the same time, finally pulled off an election without a hitch. So efficient and smooth was the voting that within an hour of the polls closing, enough precincts had been counted to call Bush's landslide victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Jeb Bush Won Big | 11/6/2002 | See Source »

...formal meal. Just sitting down and sharing what they have done throughout the day is a great lesson for children. It can be fun too. I've done some workshops where you put a mirror on a table to show a child how gross it is to chew with his mouth open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Elementary Etiquette | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

...seems like we’re back into our mode of taking big bitefuls to chew,” Turkel says. “These are tough times and we have to do these things, but it’s not the best way to build public confidence...

Author: By Claire A. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Angry Parents Fight for Schools | 9/25/2002 | See Source »

...recent trip to South America, I found coca leaves sold everywhere--in the market, at the store, on the streets. But they are sold as "an anesthetic and a salubrious chew." The porters I hired chewed these leaves to alleviate pain or sickness while hiking the steep trails. Chewing coca leaves is as much a part of South America's culture as drinking Coca-Cola is to ours. Eradicating coca-leaf farms would be stamping out part of another culture. Getting rid of coca leaves will not miraculously eliminate cocaine as a problem. AMY WONG Saratoga, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 26, 2002 | 8/26/2002 | See Source »

...deranged-exclamatory mode - the lyric engorged with religio-carnal seizures ("You came along and mooooved me, honey!"), adolescent giddiness ("Kiss me, baby! Mmm-mm, feels good!"), desperate anticipation ("Hold me, baby! Well, I wants to love you like a lover should!") and obsessive-compulsive behavior ("I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumb!") - the comic intensity of JLL's glissandous vocal underlines, not undermines the sexual fervor. This is singing in tongues, wild sex behind the barn, rock for the ages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Golden Sun | 8/10/2002 | See Source »

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