Word: knockout
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...This is not the kind of fight either campaign expected. A few months ago, Bush was betting that the lead he had held all year could keep Gore at bay through November. Then Gore came to life in Los Angeles and started dreaming of delivering a knockout blow in the debates. That, aides say, is why the Vice President came out swinging and lecturing and exaggerating in Boston two weeks ago. "He was pumped up," says a rueful Gore adviser. "He thought he could put Bush away that night...
...Bush next week, nothing has been more sobering than the account of the last person who made the mistake of underestimating Bush's talents as a debater. Back when he was running for Texas Governor in 1994, the sharp and salty incumbent, Ann Richards, thought she had scored a knockout in their only debate. Her giddy campaign staff, keeping score in the audience of a Dallas hotel ballroom, figured she had made 10 good points to his every one. "I thought I'd kicked his [rhymes with crabgrass]. Everyone around me thought I'd kicked his [rhymes with striped bass...
...Bush next week, none has been more sobering than the account of the last person who made the mistake of underestimating Bush's talents as a debater. Back when he was running for Texas governor in 1994, the sharp and salty incumbent Ann Richards thought she had scored a knockout in their only debate; her giddy campaign staff, taking score in the audience of a Dallas hotel ballroom, figured she had made 10 good points to his every one. "I thought I'd kicked his [rhymes with crabgrass]. Everyone around me thought I'd kicked his [rhymes with striped bass...
...despite beating them in the parliamentary election, Khatami isn't lining up the knockout punch for the conservatives...
...Laila's butt"--preferably in September, on the 25th anniversary of the Thrilla in Manila. Ali's response? "That's cute. But first let's see if she can win some fights." She can. In her third win in three bouts earlier this month, she scored a first-round knockout. Explains Joe: "The bloodline's good." The bloodline's not bad for Ali either. Last week she faced her sixth pro challenge in China. In her TV debut (the bout was broadcast on Showtime), Ali stopped a bloodied Kristina King on a TKO in the fourth round...