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...strongly Democratic area, it was a leap of faith to vote for a Republican, but we all voted for Andy," Hagerty says. "It shows the type of power he had to show people he cared about them...
...Absolutely. This could mean big things for Tom Daschle - he'll become the majority leader, a position that really paves the way for more power. Daschle is interested in running for president, and although it's not easy to make the leap from majority leader to president (just ask Bob Dole), he'll definitely reap benefits from a higher-profile post...
Ronner took fifth place in the triple jump on Sunday with a season-best leap of 12.80 meters, which met the NCAA provisional qualifying mark dead-on. That jump places her 34th on the national performance list in her event...
...incomparable mixture of Cuban and North American impulses. Trueba reels in close on his mammoth hands, as they span octaves and meld with the piano's keys in ponderous strokes. Trueba then cuts to a low angle shot down the length of the keyboard as Chucho's hands leap tarantula-like over one another in a frenetic flurry of shaking intensity. His long, hound-dog face remains neutral, almost sullen, (ironically so) in the face of the energy put into his playing. Chucho then settles down again into his previous mode, with a wry smirk to share his musical joke...
...Bush's proposed missile shield has been dubbed the ultimate faith-based initiative, and it's easy to see why: Asking America to spend tens of billions of dollars on a system that has thus far shown precious little technical ability to do its job certainly requires a substantial leap of faith - not least because the threat it's designed to counter appears to rank pretty low on the scale of clear and present dangers to U.S. security...