Word: rout
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After staking an early 7-5 lead, New Hampshire went on a 16-2 run and threatened to turn the game into a rout before Snowden scored four baskets in the half's closing minutes...
Despite the Republican rout last month and the unusual scorn he elicits from some people, Bill Clinton is the most admired man in the U.S., according to a new poll. And First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton tied with Mother Teresa as the woman most admired by Americans, a CNN/USA Today poll of 1,016 American finds. The second most admired man is another controversial Democrat and lately a successful international peace maker: former President Jimmy Carter. Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, former first lady Barbara Bush and talk show host Oprah Winfrey occupy third, fourth, and fifth place...
...lectures; he threatens; he denies; he clarifies. Every word, every musing, every hyperbolic expression is recorded and decoded. Newt Gingrich, the incoming House speaker, has dominated the debate as few politicians ever do. Even Bill Clinton, still conflicted about What It All Means a month after the Republicans' midterm rout, seems almost mute before Newt...
...After all, how many teams can expect to be competitive having lost three starters to graduation? Add seven incoming freshmen and a 1993-94 record of 7-19 to the mix, and a William and Mary team that crushed the Crimson by almost 40 points last season, and another rout seemed very likely...
...TIME/CNN poll finds President Clinton's 1996 re-election prospects dimming -- at least in the wake of last week's rout. The survey of 800 people, conducted Nov. 9-10, suggests Americans oppose Clinton's re-election, 57 percent to 33 percent. (His approval rating also dropped: 49-40 disapproval, a flip from 48-40 percent approval Oct. 26.) Democrats would still re-nominate the president in '96, 57-32 percent, but voters overall said they'd rather nominate a different Democratic standard-bearer, 48-41 percent.Post your opinion on theElection '94bulletin board...