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...slight advantage on the field finally showed up on the scoreboard when Yenne struck in the 34th minute. The scoring play developed from the left midfield as sophomore Caitlin Fisher passed the ball straight ahead to Westfall, who cut ahead of the Tiger defenders...
...tied or within striking range not just in West Virginia but also in Oregon, Washington, Iowa and Wisconsin, each of which Democrats have won in the past three presidential elections. And in Tennessee, Gore's home state, and Bill Clinton's Arkansas, polls show the Texas Governor with a slight edge. "Bush is playing all over Gore's map," boasts Bill Paxon, a Bush lieutenant. "That puts a lot of pressure on the Vice President...
...Georgia's 7th Congressional District, in the suburbs of Atlanta, Republican Representative Bob Barr--a man who called for Bill Clinton to be impeached months before anybody had ever heard of Monica Lewinsky--is hanging on to a slight edge in his struggle for a fourth term in Congress. Part of the problem is a tough opponent. Roger Kahn is a wealthy Atlanta businessman who has already spent $2 million of his own money on an aggressive campaign. And part of Barr's problem is himself...
...questions about foreign policy and the military took a slight toll on Al Gore. "We're going to face some serious new challenges in the next four years" said Gore. "Inaccuracy" said the computer. Maybe we're not. Well, that's good news, I guess. But Bush was judged even more severely. His statement that we have to stand by Israel got a "Truth." But his follow-up, "We need to reach out to modern Arab nations as well" drew a big "False Statement." Either Bush was lying or the Israeli software was trying to short-circuit any pan-Arab...
...like a guy who's finally comfortable in his own skin. As he walks into the restaurant in the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City, the 30-year-old frontman for the folk-rock band the Wallflowers, whose lyrics are often dour, even has a slight smile on his face. His black hair is lightly tousled. As he sits down, he removes his wraparound dark glasses to reveal wide, soulful eyes that seem to beg for music-video closeups. He admits freely that he used to have a reputation for being difficult ("People interpret shyness...