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...misbegotten ideological refusal to develop domestic sources of energy, especially in Alaska. Americans may rediscover, the hard way, that oil does not gush from a hydrant down the block. Either you cut down on the use of oil, or you find alternative energy sources, or you drill for more oil on land you control. You don't rely on the good will of the Arab oil states...
Junior quarterback Neil Rose took over at his own 26-yard line. He promptly connected with junior wideout Dan Farley for 8 yards to begin a near textbook two-minute drill. Sophomore split end Carl Morris had two critical catches on this drive. He caught a 9-yard slant on fourth-and-1 from the Crimson 35. Two plays later, he had a 36 yard reception over the middle, which brought the ball to the Cornell 20 with 1:19 remaining...
...very next drive, there was another classic instance of the old adage. After Harvard's two-minute drill had worked wonderfully and Rose had gotten his team to the ten-yard line, the field goal unit came out. The crowd was on its feet and the tension in the stadium was palpable. The ball was snapped by Jason Hove, held by Kyle Cremarosa, kicked by Robbie Wright, and--for the second straight year-- blocked by Big Red wide receiver Joe Splendorio. As the ball sailed helplessly away from its intended destination, one side of the stadium erupted. The other...
...dinner for major donors, he sat with lobbyists at a table guarded by the Secret Service and then slipped away without slapping one back. At a Labor Day parade in Illinois, as George W. Bush careened from side to side pressing the flesh, Cheney kept in formation like a drill sergeant...
...broad, blind one. Buy time for Social Security, or try to reform it. Increase the government's role in health care, or decrease it. Get the federal government on the education problem, or get the states to handle it. Spend more, or spend less. Stay out of Alaska, or drill it cautiously. Cheney may have encapsulated the evening's major tone shift with one comment on fixing public schools: "We think we know how to do that." Hey - we're both trying to help, and each of us thinks we know how to do it best. So just pick where...