Word: phils
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...lawyers have fought hand counts of undervotes so doggedly? Yes, but they have valid reasons for opposing the counts - chiefly that there is no single standard for them. They also say handling the ballots "spoliates" them, a lawyerly way of saying counters can push chads through accidentally. Bush lawyer Phil Beck wanted Lewis to rule that only a chad with a stylus imprint could count, not one pushed through, say, by a finger. Lewis dismissed that request for now, but in the end his decision may not matter...
...Centers for Disease Control, is a national model. Unlike the old, often dreaded gym class, with its focus on team sports, New PE stresses lifetime fitness. "The old model attended to skills many kids won't be using as adults--and it has left many on the sidelines," says Phil Lawler, founder of the Naperville program. "We're enabling each kid to maintain a fit lifestyle forever. It's really preventive health care...
...placed his stylus on the chad marked for one of the presidential candidates before changing his mind and boycotting the choice altogether. "And you wouldn't want that mark to be counted for a man you decided not to vote for, would you?" demanded Bush lead attorney Phil Beck, making the prospect sound as horrific as possible. No, the witness agreed, he would...
...soon as the trial recommenced, Bush attorney Phil Beck (who treated Gore statistician Nicolas Hengartner with such disdain Saturday) called his own, heavily accented statistician to the stand. Dr. Laurentius Marais, who spoke with an unidentifiable lilt, was straightforward and extremely convincing as he tried to tear down the basis of the Gore team's statistical argument. The vice president's lawyers, said Beck, are showing us numbers indicating that if all votes were counted, Gore would certainly win. Is their assumption correct...
...ruckus broke out, Phil Beck stormed forward and asked to read the document, which Zack grudgingly permitted him to hold. The surprise statement was allowed - and Zack got Ahmann to admit that his device can lead to unreadable votes due to chad buildup, dangling chads and even rubber problems...