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...setbacks didn't seriously dent Sharon's lead in the polls. For one thing, Israelis' attention was distracted by the intifadeh. Three more Israelis died in terrorist attacks last week, bringing the total to 48 in this intifadeh. Whether or not Israelis blame Sharon for the Lebanon debacle, Barak carries the can for the intifadeh deaths. Sharon aides expect that his advantage in the opinion polls will slim to as little as 5 points by election day next Tuesday. But by the standards of Israeli votes, that would be a comfortable...
First, even the good, clean fun can still get out of hand. A night out to Bern's Steakhouse for some fifty-dollar steaks, a vintage Chateau Lafitte, and their world-famous decadent desserts can quickly cripple even the heartiest lineman, as well as putting a dent into the kids' college fund. Alright, well, maybe not a big dent for the blue-chip athletes, but a dent nonetheless...
...Boring" features a young man with a vanished father and a clinging mother. But its grayish-blue palette and more conventional layout give it an air of grim seriousness against which take place completely absurd events. (At one point Boring gets shot in the head but merely suffers a dent in his brow.) Clowes has made "David Boring" the most readable comic novel of the year...
Democrats counter that the Palm Beach equipment made it particularly hard to punch through the presidential column and that any dent clearly shows intent. At a hearing on Friday, they brought in a developer of the system and others to testify on why it was harder to punch holes in the presidential column. Gore has said that if he loses partly because these dimpled chads were not counted, he will make it part of his suit contesting the election...
...Beck walked Ahmann through a litany of questions, trying to establish the relative delicacy of the ballot. Ahmann admitted that even normal handling can dent, dislodge or dimple parts of the ballot, let alone the vigorous handling inherent in repeated hand counts. You see, Beck seemed to be saying, if even the expert here believes there are marks on the ballots that are in absolutely no way related to voter intent, how can we ask non-experts to differentiate inadvertent marks from intended marks...