Word: hail
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...proud to hail from one of those swing states that the cable news folks get to color-code every time they get a new poll. My home state, New Mexico, was the closest state in the union in 2000. Late on election night, Bush was winning the state by 4 votes when a retired engineer noticed a mathematical error that had lopped 500 votes off Al Gore’s total. When the error was fixed and all the ballots were counted, Gore had won the state by 366 votes. If Gore had claimed one other state?...
...that they will wear them on campus, reminding students of their individual importance in the political process. The project is meant to motivate swing state students to assert their voice in an election where their votes have the potential to profoundly affect the outcome. And, as Harvard students indeed hail from all over the country, including some of the most influential states in the Electoral College, the importance of this project is clear. Less than a month away, the election still hangs in the balance—and every vote counts...
...hardly contested—also need to be encouraged and reminded to vote in their respective elections. Too often, students wash their hands of an election before it comes to pass, as they assume their vote “doesn’t count” if they hail from an uncontested state. Without voting, these students surrender their voice on important, often controversial, statewide initiatives...
...telltale odors of hydrogen sulfide warn geological surveyors of the impending eruption of Mount St. Helens, students who hail from the Northwest said yesterday they are following the news with interest from 3,000 miles away...
...atmosphere on set: “It felt to me like every second was like throwing up a Hail Mary, but with the greatest football team in the world. It’s like, it’s like, it always felt like ten seconds left, you got the ball and you’re down by one, and the whole team felt like Michael Jordan...