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...addition, his faith could still come back to haunt him in the more conservative areas of the country. Over the summer, in the heat of the veepstakes, Boston Globe political columnist David Nyhan came to speak at the Institute of Politics. He appraised the chances of each contender on the Democratic side and chose Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry as the most likely vice presidential pick. Nyhan said that Lieberman would not be picked because the nation's heartland was not yet ready for an Orthodox Jew on the ticket...
...turn Big Business into its own watchdog. But the fighters' stances are pretty much set. Gore will go environmental at least occasionally, but his main defense will be the one Democrats have grown so skilled at deploying against the GOP: Hey, we're just trying to help you heat your homes and drive your cars. Is that so wrong? Bush and Cheney will try to find a way to say yes without sounding callous. They'll hit at Clinton-Gore for being wishy-washy, for shape-shifting, and for letting OPEC types kick sand in their faces since the Gulf...
...title, winning 33 medals, 14 of them gold - an improvement on both counts over the 1996 Atlanta Games. "When you're faced with a worthy opponent, it forces you to work for it," said American sprinter Gary Hall Jr., who shared gold with training partner Ervin after a dead heat in the 50-m freestyle. "We were able to use the threat of being dethroned as the best swimming nation to step up and reach another level we would have never reached...
...meaning of polls. In a Sept. 19 article on the state of the presidential election, "Polls have mixed Results for Gore," Associated Press writer William Lester stated that, "the CNN/Gallup poll gives Gore a 5 percent edge, while the Voter.com poll puts Gore and Bush in a dead heat." He implied that while one poll shows the candidates tied, the other shows Gore to be ahead. This isn't true...
...where Gore gets five percent more support than Bush) has a margin of error of four percent. The Voter.com poll (where Bush gets two percent more support than Gore) has a margin of error of three percent. Thus, in both polls, Bush and Gore are in a "statistical dead heat." No one has an edge. Nevertheless, this article, like many others I have read, mistakenly puts Gore ahead...