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...History flip-flopped. Al Gore got the popular vote, and Bush, for the moment, has the edge in Florida. "Jeb says George is going to win," said the former President after the vote, spirits up again, though the political realist in him had prepared earlier for the possibility of defeat. "There is life afterward, and George is very strong; he is very strong--and resilient. He will land on his feet in five minutes, but there will be hurt, deep hurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: A Dad Reflects On His Family | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...train to the Subway Series to join in the purest of Big Apple moments. Rather than the usual grip and grin, she embarked on a listening tour, looking at times like Margaret Mead visiting the Samoans. A Big Apple neophyte, she bungled interest-group politics with a notorious flip-flop on clemency for unrepentant Puerto Rican terrorists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: Capitol Hill | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

Over the past hundred years, Americans have elected 13 Republican Administrations and 12 Democratic ones. Power could not be more evenly divided. American presidential elections are essentially a flip of the coin. This time the coin landed on its edge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let's Elect By Counting, Not Spinning Or Suing | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...flip side of using data networks for phone calls is that data networks are typically far less reliable than their telephone counterparts, which reserve a set amount of bandwidth for each telephone conversation...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: VOIP Technology Could Make Communication Systems More Efficient | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...kids. The C-Book Reader ($50) may actually help the little ones learn to read. The device, which will go on sale in early 2001, runs animated stories from cartridges. Among the first six titles are Disney's Winnie the Pooh and 101 Dalmatians. Kids can read the text, flip page by page along with the narration or watch a primitive animated version. For Mom and Dad's sake, the reader comes with a headphone jack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Nov. 13, 2000 | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

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