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Network executives insist there won't be a repeat of the 2000 debacle. "We're all agreed that the race is to be right, not first," says NBC News vice president Bill Wheatley. NBC will prevent analysts on its "decision desk," who will sift through the NEP data, from knowing the calls made by other networks. ABC News has a new policy of not calling a winner if the margin is less than 1%, even after all precincts have reported. CBS has moved its decision desk into the studio to give viewers a window into the process...
Given the current strains on U.S. resources and manpower, Kerry's hardheaded realism seems sensible for the times. His advisers say he would insist on policies grounded in facts rather than ideological goals. In Kerry's view, Bush's belief in the inevitability of freedom's triumph has become a hazard, blinding him to the harsh reality of the country's predicament in Iraq. "This is the critical issue that goes back to his experiences in Vietnam," says Winer. "Respect for the facts is critical. Kerry's approach is fact based. President Bush's is faith based...
...band members insist that these initial difficulties served only to bind them closer together. They speak of their beginnings now like war veterans. Klein calls the first show “a formative moment. Everybody came together.” Knowing what they were up against, the band members redoubled their commitment to the group, vowing to procure some decent equipment and to rehearse more often and more intensely...
Some faculty, like Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, insist that the school should retain its traditional focus on Christianity...
Activists in the New England area fought to dismiss the charges, part of a larger battle against state laws that insist SM is a form of assault...