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...system worked pretty well until it blew up in 2000, when the networks called Florida for Al Gore, reversed themselves, and, well, you know the rest. So things will be different this time. Sure, the TV networks will be competing to declare America's next President. But restraint will prevail, the intense pressure to keep you from switching to a more exciting channel be damned...
...with either outcome but dread an Uncivil War. As the warnings of chaos grow more dire, they could be forgiven for caring less about who wins this election than about how he wins and when. A TIME poll finds that 48% of Americans believe that an illegitimate winner may prevail; 56% are ready to abolish the Electoral College. "A certain amount of shenanigans is standard. But it'd be really nice to know who the next President is by Thanksgiving," says Ted Jelen, chairman of the political-science department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "I just...
...international trade restrictions on textiles set to expire Dec. 31, China's clothing factories, among the most modern and efficient in the world, are gearing up to take a dragon's share of the global business. "We are expanding in China quickly and I think the economic reality will prevail over all the political obstacles," says Luen Thai's CEO Henry...
...despite the obvious two-tiered system that continues to prevail in the league, Murphy continues to try to convince us of the balance of the Ivy League. Even after the Crimson’s thrashing of the Tigers, he insisted that equality exists...
...government strong enough to pursue national purposes. But as Ellis sees it, Washington's views were also "projections onto the national screen of the need for the same kind of controlling authority he had orchestrated within his own personality." The Father of His Country had first to prevail as master of himself. --By Richard Lacayo