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...TIME/CNN poll of likely voters gave Bush a two-point advantage, 47% to 45%, a statistical dead heat, after weeks when Gore looked as if he was cementing at least a narrow lead in most polls. In a race so tight, the debate was supposed to start shoving undecided voters into one camp or the other. "We thought it was going to come down to one debate," said retiring Ohio Republican John Kasich. "It turns out all three are going to be important...
Under bankruptcy laws, Robins won substantial victories to narrow the pool of eligible claimants and limit its damages. But it was unable to escape the wave of suits, and by the time the pool fund for plaintiffs' settlements closed this April it had paid out nearly $3 billion in reparations to women injured by the shield...
Rollover deaths account for roughly a quarter of the 40,000 annual car fatalities, and SUVS account for most of the recent increase. Critics think the whole category is flawed because of the vehicles' weight, narrow wheelbase and high center of gravity. Long aware of the SUV's shortcomings, the industry has been working on safety improvements. The 2002 Ford Explorer model will feature a slightly lower center of gravity and an optional computerized stability system. Both House and Senate committees are drafting bills that would give the government more authority to investigate defects and possibly to levy criminal penalties...
...answered with a fusillade of bullets, leaving the boy's limp body in the lap of his badly wounded father. The power of that image may come to symbolize the bitterness of the battle for sovereignty over Jerusalem's holiest hill - because whether in Hebron or Gaza, the narrow streets of Jerusalem of even dusty Israeli-Arab towns such as Nazareth, the five days of clashes that have killed 34 Palestinians and three Israelis and left more than 700 people wounded are all about the fate of Jerusalem. Qualitatively, the clashes have been even more violent than the 1996 showdown...
Discovering that he couldn't win the Republican nomination with such a narrow base, a startlingly different Steve Forbes suddenly appeared in the 2000 election. Now, Forbes mentioned faith and family values almost as often as the labyrinthine federal tax code. Assuming Forbes did not undergo a drastic personal metamorphosis in the last four years, he began to speak about religion solely to attract voters. Actions such as this deserve scorn and condemnation...