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When the high court convenes on Dec. 11, the day after may be seen as a drop-dead date for designating electors. But there is precedent for delay. Congress accepted Hawaii's electors for JFK after a late recount showed him finally beating Nixon...
...reasons for the delay in churning out the fifth book in the series: Lack of time. The Harry Potter film, a North American book tour and other projects have stolen Rowling's writing time. Chief amoung these projects are two Harry Potter companion books Rowling is writing for a U.K. charity called Comic Relief. The books, "Quidditch Through the Ages" and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", will appear under the pseudonyms of Kennilworthy Whisp and Newt Scamander on March 12. Rowling will donate net proceeds to the Harry Potter Fund at Comic Relief, U.K., a charity...
...Still, given that book No. 4, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," checks in at a sturdy 734 pages, the delay might give everyone a chance to finish that one before springing for the next...
...every step of the process, they did everything they could to simply stop that exercise," he said of the manual recounts. "Their tactic was delay...
...Judge Clark had had enough for the night. Closing statements will start at 1 p.m. Wednesday (Barry Richard asked for the delay - he's got a date with the Florida Supremes in the morning). A one-day trial has become two, and Al Gore will find out perhaps Thursday how badly he needs the Florida high court to help him with its ruling, probably due Friday...