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...power. Like Pennsylvania, Texas didn't require utilities to sell off their plants, and it didn't outlaw long-term contracts. Says state senator Steve Wolens, who co-authored the deregulation bill: "We learned in California that you can't deregulate and keep the government's fist around the market's throat...
...insiders on the center and right flank of Israeli politics believe Arafat knows that Sharon is going to get elected, and plans to turn up the level of violence in the hope of provoking Sharon to abandon his friendly, grandfatherly image and strike back with an iron fist. People who subscribe to this line of thinking believe Arafat can strengthen his case if he keeps negotiating until the moment Sharon takes office, and is then able to blame Sharon for the breakdown. That would play badly for Israel in foreign capitals and bring renewed international pressure...
Twice in the second half, Monti proved herself to be the only player in the league capable--in one swift motion--of maneuvering across the top of the key, throwing up a perfectly accurate shot and then pumping her fist in celebration. Her final score put Harvard up 12 with under two minutes to play and signaled a certain end to the Big Green comeback chances...
...This was a decisive setback for the Gore team - but it wasn't necessarily fatal. Five minutes after the opinion was read, Boies had positioned himself outside the courtroom, promising an appeal and shaking a verbal fist in Sauls' direction. "This ruling comes without the judge having reviewed one ballot," he said indignantly. "We have said from the beginning of all this that we believe citizens have a right to see their votes counted," he proclaimed...
...Shoreline Grill early that evening. As the family members made their way under dim lights to the restaurant, Bush's shoulders were more hunched than usual, his father looked as if he were suffering from an ulcer, and Barbara wore a smile as tight as a fist. By then they knew the race was much closer than Rove had promised it would be. But it wasn't until the news that Gore had captured Florida appeared on a TV screen in the restaurant that the mood turned from grim to black...