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...hours before he conceded the election, Al Gore was on the phone with his old friend Norm Dicks, a Democratic Congressman from Washington State. Allies since 1977, when both were House freshmen, Gore and Dicks stayed in touch during the last roller-coaster days of the 2000 contest. Now that it was over, Dicks told the Vice President, "you've done all you could do. You'll have another day." Gore giggled nervously and said, "I'm not so sure about that." Dicks could hear the hurt in his voice. "He won Florida," Dicks told TIME, "and should be President...
...room pondering the Pittsburgh Penguins' latest defeat, a terrible 3-2 setback to the less-than-glorious Boston Bruins last Wednesday, I wondered if this was going to be yet another roller-coaster season for the Penguins...
...roller coaster ride is unfortunately over for the Harvard women's soccer team...
Bush had been on an emotional roller coaster. He went through Tums and Mylanta and Rolaids, his stomach churning like a boa constrictor, to use his words: "At first it didn't get that tense. George was riding so high. He came out of Philadelphia with all the surveys showing him ahead. We felt he did a good job at the convention. It's like a football game. If you are three touchdowns ahead at halftime, then you don't worry so much...
...oral arguments came after a roller-coaster weekend for both camps: After the Florida Supreme Court threw the ailing Gore team a lifeline Friday afternoon, granting their request for recounts of undervotes, Gore thought he had a pretty good chance. Now his fate lies in the hands of the nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices who've already ruled against his cause once before. Bush is reportedly confident SCOTUS will hold firm in their support of his case...