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...Clay County, where Al Gore beat George W. Bush by just one vote out of more than 78,000 cast in 2000. Just north of Kansas City, leading employers there range from a Ford plant to a liberal-arts college. Six different lines were going at the mega Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, some of the queues spilling out onto a parking lot scaled nearly as big as those at a pro-football stadium...
...There are a few unreceptive locals—one man glares from behind his screened porch, another refuses even to listen to the canvassers’ pitch—but most are polite and pleasant. The majority aren’t home, so they “lit drop,” leaving behind brochures on the candidates...
...Beach County voters are dealing with their third voting-machine technology in as many presidential elections, ballot-mishandling in a recent local contest and a seldom-seen elections chief, Arthur Anderson, who has been seriously ill since losing his re-election bid in the August primary race. But a pleasant autumnal drop in temperature after a torrid summer has helped early Palm Beach voters like McCain backer Arelia Sayer, 54, forget the troubles. "We've got a beautiful day," Sayer said in line in Boynton Beach. "You've got to get 'er done...
...just try to prepare myself before the game,” Hanson adds. “I usually say a prayer before each game, it helps me to relax and get out my nervousness.”Hanson’s play has been a pleasant surprise not only to Harvard fans but also Murphy as well.“We thought he was one of our really outstanding recruits, but you never think that he can pick up the complexities, the nuances, and then play with mental toughness and poise,” Murphy said.The rookie displayed his ability...
...latest album, “Hope for the Hopeless,” is in its first track. Dennen is not a wonderful lyricist, his themes aren’t particularly deep, but as a whole, “Hope for the Hopeless” is a pleasant enough diversion. That first track, though, is almost enough to make you give up on the album. The song is called “San Francisco,” and it’s about a guy who leaves a bad relationship for the City by the Bay. From the way he tells...