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...sophomoric forms of mischief born out of the monotony of studying for finals—in other words, some of the highlights of my Harvard education. Discounting activities previously reported in the Harvard Crimson Crime Report, or those still within the statute of limitations, I’ll recount one of our Finals week traditions...
...election also gave a boost to efforts to use the Internet as a ballot box, to avoid the crippling challenge of trying to accurately count, or recount, ballots that have been clumsily cast. Elsewhere, such options may emerge as a means of overcoming the kinds of bullying tactics that can mar an election. Spain, for example, may allow voters in the troubled Basque region to cast their ballots over the Net from home to bypass intimidation from separatists...
...talking heads can't explain the polls' giving Bush a 56% approval rating, down just 3% from before the recount. No wonder Bush, who has become the Garbo of politics, doesn't bother talking to Big Media. The rumor mongering left him irritated enough last week that he interpreted an innocuous question as an attack. When a TIME reporter noted that his popularity was proving the pundits wrong, Bush became testy. "Who sent you here?" he asked...
During the Florida recount fiasco, which Tallahassee Republicans call "the recent unpleasantness," national pundits consigned Governor Jeb Bush to the chad heap of history. They clucked last month when he fought with his brother the President over oil drilling off Florida's Gulf Coast (W. wants to; Jeb does not). And they dished last week when Jeb denounced the "sickening" (and apparently unfounded) rumor that he'd had an affair with a state official, once a Playboy bunny...
...month. The only obstacle, friends say, would be his wife Columba's unease with the political circus. If he does run, he'll be tough to beat. His drive to make Florida schools more accountable has yielded higher test scores. And many voters have begun to move beyond the recount, not only because most of the Miami Herald's recent analysis confirmed W.'s victory, but also because Jeb this month delivered on his promise of electoral reform. Starting next year, Florida will replace the punch-card and butterfly ballots with statewide optical scanning...