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...just minutes before the final vote, saying her last-ditch attempts at persuasion had failed and saying it was clear the Broadway site would prevail, Decker said she was "prepared to move forward...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala and Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Council Settles On Public Library Site | 12/12/2000 | See Source »

...some point there must be closure," Baker said. "At some point the law must prevail, and the lawyers must go home. We have reached that point...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bush Declares Victory as Gore Challenges Florida Results | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...have asked only that the votes that were cast on Election Day be counted," he said in his warm-up for Gore's Monday morning address, calling the Secretary of State's count "incomplete and inaccurate." James Baker answered moments later by saying: "At some point, the law must prevail and the lawyers must go home. We have reached that point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida Is Certified — But Do We Have a President? | 11/26/2000 | See Source »

...believe if there is a fair and accurate count of the votes in Florida, we will prevail," Bush said. But if the current hand counts go on, "there will be no fair and accurate result." The implication is familiar: Florida already counted, twice, and Bush already won, twice. But time, politics and an activist court are fast putting those victories in the rear-view mirror. Where does that leave Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Bush, No Way Out But Victory | 11/22/2000 | See Source »

...know what those ballots will show," Gore said. "I don't know whether Governor Bush or I will prevail. But we do know that our democracy is the winner tonight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Bush, No Way Out But Victory | 11/22/2000 | See Source »

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