Word: clevelandism
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...that urban black voters are particularly situated to swing the election to Kerry. Blacks make up a huge percentage of the central cities in the major swing states for the election: Milwaukee, Wis.; Detroit, Mich.; St. Louis and Kansas City, Miss.; and most importantly, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pa. and Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio. If Kerry wins every state that Gore won in 2000 (and he is leading in polls in each) plus Ohio or Florida—he wins the election...
...where you live. According to "Sleep in the City," a study that ranks the 50 most populous U.S. metropolitan areas according to whose residents sleep best, Minneapolis tops the list, reporting 23 nights of good sleep a month. The country's most fitful sleepers hail from Detroit, with Cleveland and Nashville close behind. (See TIME.com/sleep for the full list...
DIED. RAY BOONE, 81, patriarch of the only family to have three generations of baseball All-Stars; of complications from intestinal surgery; in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. An infielder who played for 13 years, mostly with the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, Boone is better known as the father of catcher Bob Boone and the grandfather of infielders Bret Boone and Aaron Boone...
...feel like [it gives me] even more motivation, like I have to talk to somebody before Nov. 2, like I have to convince someone,” Cleveland says. “It acts as a motivator—I didn’t get anyone this week, I’ll try to get them next week...
...Cleveland, OH, the elections board is running television advertisements on how to properly punch an absentee ballot, and in Florida lawsuits are already underway to challenge the use of touch screen voting machines in 15 counties. While the final weeks before the election may find much of the country arguing over who they will vote for, in many places, the real question is how they will vote...