Word: gymnasium
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...minute debate, in a retrofitted gymnasium at the University of Massachusetts in South Boston, stayed mostly to the script. But while there was no defining moment of the contest, the two men managed to delineate their governing philosophies sharply...
Inside the cavernous gymnasium, engineers set the temperature at an agreed-upon 59 degrees Fahrenheit while technicians adjusted lights to ensure that neither candidate would suffer from glare...
...debate prep rooms at the gymnasium were identical, down to the volume of sunlight that shone through the windows. Bush and Gore were not allowed to bring any notes with them--the Commission on Presidential Debates supplied pre-approved pencils and papers for them to sketch ideas...
...easy-going, wide-stepping stride and upper-body muscularity that seem out of place on a programmer. He eschews carbohydrates and hits the gym most evenings, as if bulking up for his showdown with the record industry. And a few afternoons a week he plays basketball in the Oracle gymnasium up the road from Napster's Redwood City offices. He doesn't like to admit it, but at least one co-worker confirms that he is usually the best player on the court...
...temperature in the gymnasium housing the debate will be a carefully regulated 65 degrees. Not so cold as to require Bush to wear his Yale scarf (thereby infuriating the partisan Boston audience) but cool enough to waylay Gore's sweat glands' unfortunate tendency to overreact under pressure...