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...There are indications that this fear is keeping Clinton from sewing up the nomination as early as he might have. It is not at all certain that the Arkansas Governor can win enough delegates in the remaining primaries and caucuses to give him the 2,145 votes necessary. To nail down the prize, he may eventually need a heavy majority of the so-called superdelegates -- basically elected officials and party bigwigs. But though the Clinton campaign claims the support of more than 200 of the 772 superdelegates, there was no rush among the remainder to jump aboard his bandwagon, even...
...next batter hit a grounder to sophomore Ann Kennon, who tried unsucessfully to nail the runner at the plate...
...that Salada takes their saying the seriously. A Salada promotional brochure from the 1960s reads: "The sayings fall into the categories of Witty, Philosophical, Inspirational, and Humorous; many are Maxims for Daily Living in Brief Form [MDLBFs, of course], while some are really Home Truths which Really `Hit the Nail On The Head' [HTWRHTNOTHs, for those in the know...
This is not exactly what the neighbors had in mind. The very idea of NATO, the E.C. and other postwar institutions has been to lock Germany into a European structure, not the other way around. Last December's E.C. summit in the Dutch city of Maastricht was supposed to nail down the roof of a house that would contain and control Germany as a cooperative, pacific and co-equal member of the European family. But in the aftermath of Maastricht, Germany has broken ranks on issues large and small, upsetting and sometimes frightening its allies...
There will always be those nail-biting, self-inflicted ulcer-suffering first-years who want to be there, wide-eyed and ready, when the white envelope is dropped off to reveal the house of their choice (or maybe not) in the Hell Lottery...