Word: routs
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...rewinds one year, the Crimson annihilated the Bears in a 7-2 rout...
Part of the problem is that some of the heroes of the 1994 Republican rout have been wounded. The Christian Coalition still plans to distribute 45 million voter guides in 100,000 churches. But a suit by the Federal Election Commission that accuses the coalition of working in cahoots with the G.O.P. has forced the coalition to make its flyers less obviously partisan...
...Iraq. But this much is clear: the agency's reputation has been demolished. "It may be that the CIA actually made tremendous efforts to protect its people," says Baram. "But the perception among Iraqis is that having anything to do with Americans is dangerous to your health." The rout will make the CIA's future tasks in the Middle East--and perhaps the rest of the world--harder still to achieve...
While the rest of the Clinton team cautions that the race will tighten, Morris predicts a rout. "The President will win by at least 10 points," he says, "and take back the House and Senate too." His cocksure style is a foil for Clinton's indecision. Morris likes to plunge into action; Clinton would just as soon wait and see. "Clinton loves to shop, and Morris loves to buy," says a White House official. "Clinton wants to browse forever; Morris wants to make off with the whole bookstore. It's a perfect marriage...
Those edges include talking secretly to Clinton in the fall of 1994 while working for a roster of prominent Republicans--including Lott, William Weld of Massachusetts and Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania. Morris told Clinton to prepare for a Republican rout and "get out of the way." In December 1994, when the Wall Street Journal reported that Clinton had turned to Morris for help, Morris called the story "totally fabricated" and claimed fealty to the G.O.P...