Word: deadlocking
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Brazile agreed, and after a long campaign season, the Gore-Lieberman ticket went into Election Night on Nov. 7 in a virtual deadlock in the polls with Bush-Cheney, with most analysts as well as the American public unsure of what the outcome would...
...fifth, Abeles ended the deadlock with a crisp solo blast out of Niemand-Robinson field. That was all the scoring Harvard would need, as Thoke held the Big Red hitless through the duration of the game, which was cut short by rain in the sixth inning...
...producers and the guilds to reexamine their current attitudes about how much their services are valued. Buoyed by a vibrant economy, even the most inexperienced actors and writers have come to expect exorbitant returns for their work, and the industry has continued to cater to those demands. The deadlock right now is due in part to the guilds’ unwillingness to adjust their figures in the face of a faltering economy. Perhaps their inability to inflate their salaries without bound will serve as the reality check that many writers and actors need: the knowledge that even the biggest stars...
...conversation turns to vouchers, the air will be poisoned," he says. Not surprisingly, perhaps, in this era of perfectly bisected public opinion, recent Zogby polls show Americans split on the issue of vouchers, with 45 percent opposed and 48 percent in favor. That division could mean political deadlock, and that's a danger the Bush camp is slowly coming to terms with. Despite Bush's well-known enthusiasm for vouchers, spokesman Ari Fleischer said Monday they will not be a "deal breaker" for the President. But just how flexible is Bush willing...
...time of crisis, the Justices stepped in to ensure that the Constitution, not the political passions of the day, prevailed. The court's decisive ruling forestalled the nightmare scenarios that TV talking heads had been gleefully spinning. Rival sets of Florida electors. A tie vote in Congress. Constitutional deadlock...