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...hearing on Nov. 14. In this initial phase, Florida law gives lower-court judges considerable power to decide if a vote is valid and, if not, to rule on remedies. The initial thing to determine is whether the confusing Palm Beach ballot was illegal in the first place. Democrats contend that it violates a provision of state election law that requires each candidate's name to appear to the left of the corresponding punch hole. Republicans say the Democrats are reading the wrong section of Florida law. Though the Palm Beach ballots are cardboard, the cards are read by machines...
...Crimson is to contend, the defense will have shut down some of the nation's best scoring threats. Senior Jenny Everett is averaging a goal and an assist per game for Wake Forest, good for third in the nation in scoring. Three other players have scored at least 10 goals on the season, more than any single Harvard player...
...relatively lowly position ("Just take one of those chairs in the last row, Senator Clinton") and gain her colleagues' trust. The last task could be the toughest: After all, Clinton wasn't just running against Lazio - and he wasn't just running against her. Both candidates had to contend with the phantom of Bill Clinton, albeit in different ways...
...Lebanon have become secondary to the regional jihad to free Jerusalem from Israeli occupation. "There is no doubt that our most important role is in the region," he explained. "We have experience, and we are ready to help. All means must be used to help the Palestinians." U.S. officials contend that Hizballah is training radical Palestinian factions for terrorist operations. And though Israel has tried to up the stakes by threatening to attack Syria in retaliation for Hizballah's moves, it's not entirely clear that Syria controls the group. Hizballah's top leadership is probably as responsive to Iran...
...worry, not only because I soon will have a teenager of my own to contend with (and, frankly, I can't spare any dinner plates), but also because a new study suggests that today's parents are as clueless as my parents were about what teens really think...