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...wake-up call to the GOP party establishment as they consider their options for November. McCain maintains that he is the most electable Republican candidate, and the polls bear him out, giving McCain a 24-point lead over a presumptive Gore campaign - while Bush has only a nine-point buffer zone between himself and the vice president. "A popular win in Califonia would be something of a moral victory for McCain," says TIME senior writer Nancy Gibbs. "It would reinforce what he's been saying all this time: You've got to vote for the guy who can beat Gore...
...Tuesday, Virginia GOP heavyweights Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell gathered their flock about them, joined hands and smote John McCain. Thanks in large part to the support of the Christian conservative voting bloc, George W. Bush chalked up a nine-point victory in Virginia's Republican primary, securing all 56 of the state's delegates. Although Bush's margin in Virginia was somewhat smaller than what aides had hoped for, the campaign's good spirits were reinforced by substantial triumphs in North Dakota and Washington State, where the Texas governor scored among Republicans but lost the non-binding independent vote...
After battling back from a nine-point halftime deficit, the Harvard men's basketball team's gritty performance Saturday night was torpedoed by the sharp shooting of Navy point guard Chris Williams...
Marist started off quick and built a nine-point lead early in the first half. Long started off slow, missing two three-pointers in the first three minutes. Harvard caught up, though, and stayed in the game in the early minutes on many trips to the free-throw line. In the first half, the Crimson shot 10-of-15 from the line...
Down 5-4 in the first game, the Crimson quickly put together a nine-point streak to take control...