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When he began to campaign for president, he faltered badly. In Texas it was easy to see that the person campaigning was not the person we had known as governor. Suddenly, the man with perfect pitch was completely off-key. He seemed to revert to the haphazard rambler I had met in his office. But he found his bearings, began to emphasize certain issues - especially education, where he is well versed - and once again it was good enough, barely...
...minute we presume that all minorities share a common and unique outlook because of their skin color, we revert to a segregationist mentality. Affirmative action is only effective when we develop a true, rich diversity, not one based on numbers and superficial appearances...
...wisecracking prey. He did everything short of arranging sticks of dynamite into the shape of a woman, dropping a wig on it and hiding behind a nearby rock. Clinton made Starr funny and watchable. And without Clinton on the scene, Starr, Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh and all the rest revert back to bland, Anglo-Saxon reality...
...back to the previous court (the 11th district circuit court in Atlanta). And since those judges have already heard the case (and ruled against Bush), unless there is a new twist in the case compelling the court to revisit the arguments, Bush loses automatically. The legal focus would then revert to the Leon County courthouse, where Gore's contest of the election results continues...
...also a great week to be here at TIME. We had stayed up through election night with plans to close this special issue on Wednesday afternoon. But when we saw how others were rushing to judgment with appalling projections and incorrect headlines, we decided to revert to our weekend schedule (with help from some smart planning and scrambling by our unflappable operations director Nancy Mynio) so we could report this historic moment thoroughly and credibly...