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Bradley conceded defeat to Gore around 9 p.m. With 94 percent of the precincts reporting, Gore had about 52 percent of the vote, and Bradley had 47 percent. Not two weeks ago, Bradley was beating Gore by a comfortable margin...
Eskew worked on both of Gore's Senate campaigns, and in 1988, when Gore suffered the first political defeat of his life, he recruited Eskew to write his withdrawal speech--a graceful, humble, witty, healing final note to the brutal presidential campaign that Gore had run. With an eye to the future, Eskew made sure that Gore began making peace with the former rivals he would someday need. Gore lauded Gephardt for his "passion in the service of policy" and Jesse Jackson for teaching him that "we are a richer party and a better nation when we break down barriers...
...defeat a prosecution hobbled by cold trails, conflicting testimony, changed laws and a quarter-century of sloppy detective work. And last week's drama notwithstanding, there may be no earthly penalty sufficient for whoever left a 15-year-old girl lying in her own blood...
George W. Bush spent the evening cautiously counterpunching his way to a points defeat at the hands of McCain; Al Gore and Bill Bradley went at it like welterweights, and while the Democratic challenger was still on his feet by the final bell, his championship prospects appear to have dimmed. Wednesday night's debate doubleheader for the most part appeared to confirm existing trends: Bush maintains his overall lead, although he may well lose a few to McCain along the way; Gore is way out in front of Bradley who, if he can't win in the Granite State...
Dartmouth (8-6, 2-1 Ivy), the defending league champions, rebounded nicely from its Ivy-opening loss to Harvard with an 82-42 defeat of Brown and an 80-63 thrashing of Yale this past weekend...