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...precious toy, they squabble and yowl and tug at the treasure until a grownup steps in, separates them and awards it to one or the other. And sometimes by then, the toy turns out to be broken, and the winner ends up as sad and bitter as the loser...
...think both candidates would see that patience is of the essence, although we're getting beyond that now. Anyone who doesn't concede an election the moment Dan Rather declares a winner risks being labeled a sore loser. Gore was so eager to surrender in a timely way that he jumped the gun, only to renege later when Florida drifted back into contention. Bush nearly refused to accept the retraction, protesting that little brother Jeb had assured him the Sunshine State was his. To Gore, that wasn't a controlling legal authority. This time he was definitely right...
...week of general humiliation, there was some good news for the TV networks: they did accurately award Florida to the winner. The bad news: they also awarded it to the loser. Dan Rather assured viewers they could take CBS's election-night projections "to the bank"; then the networks had to make two costly withdrawals. It was, in the words of CBS and CNN election consultant Warren Mitofsky, "embarrassing as hell." Yet it also underscored TV's tremendous power, as the networks' blunders led to Al Gore's concession takeback. And as that wild night set up an acrimonious Florida...
...Smalling is a member of the last class able to bear witness to Harvard's domination during the '97 campaign. He and other seniors recall a tough team intent on shedding its loser label and bringing a championship to Cambridge...
...friends of mine who are classicists recalled this practice, a little wistfully. We agreed America could use a law like that. My friends thought that, for the general good, the eventual loser in this presidential mess ought to be ostracized. I took the idea a step farther. I wondered if it might be possible to send both the loser and the winner on 10-year leaves...