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Gore was also determined to highlight the contrast with Bush, who barely broke a sweat, taking weekends off and rarely campaigning past suppertime. The Texas Governor not only traveled with his pillow from home but was also surprised to find that other people didn't. Gore now sees what the late-night comedians didn't: Bush understood his limits and maintained his focus. "I learned from him," says Gore. "Whoever our nominee is in 2004, if it's not me, I would advise to take a page from President Bush...
...novel. Frenzy overtakes first the soldiers, "unstoppable like a crazed dragon," and then their victims, consumed by grief, cursing the government even as they fall. It's at Tiananmen that Jin's scrupulous realism, which can prove a drag, pays off with bitter authenticity. His clean and lucid sentences contrast effectively with the insanity of soldiers executing unarmed students in the streets. Jian, an accidental protester, is left as devastated as the rest; he can only repeat numbly to himself, "They killed lots of people, lots...
...contrast to other HoCo chairs, Vivero said the decision to relocate the tailgates was a good one because it prevented intoxicated students from crossing the streets to the stadium...
...Saturday’s long-debated keg-free tailgate, students swigged cans of beer, handles and even Jell-O shots—but, in contrast to the last time The Game was at Harvard, no one ended the afternoon at University Health Services (UHS) with alcohol poisoning...
Blackburn, though, doesn’t think the contrast should be terribly shocking...