Word: slugfest
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...process. The rat-a-tat Bradley despises is what politics is. This is what it takes to run for President now." Bradley sometimes seems nostalgic for a politics that never was. American elections have always been pretty rough. The Thomas Jefferson-Aaron Burr battle of 1800 was a major slugfest, and during the 1956 Democratic primaries, Estes Kefauver accused the sainted Stevenson of Mob ties and racism. (Kefauver lost.) As a student of history, Bradley knows all that, but he's gambling that voters actually mean it this time when they say they're sick of negative campaigns...
...general refrain from the George W. Bush camp on Thursday, when he agreed to join a debate of Republican presidential hopefuls in Iowa December 13. Bush was conspicuous in his absence from a five-way Republican candidates' debate in New Hampshire on October 28 that resembled a WWF slugfest until all the combatants agreed to criticize Bush for sitting on his cushy lead and forgoing the traditional campaign process. When the dust settled, Sen. John McCain had not only gained serious ground on Bush in New Hampshire, but polls showed him gaining on Bush throughout the country. The Bush crowd...
Despite some adventurous wins, including a chaotic 18-16 extra-inning decision at Penn in the Ivy opener and a 15-12 slugfest in the opener of a pivotal series at Brown, the Crimson rolled as it has every year under Walsh. It clinched its fourth straight Red Rolfe Division title with a doubleheader sweep at Dartmouth on the last weekend of the season...
Although Harvard lost its last two games, it won two of its last four, including a 15-10 slugfest with Notre Dame, in which Corkery scored five goals, and a 6-5 squeaker over Columbia...
...creatine. At least that's what the manufacturers of these dietary supplements would like you to believe. Just look at Mark McGwire, who took both substances last year and cranked out a record 70 home runs. And Sammy Sosa, who took creatine and came in second in the great slugfest of 1998. They must know something the rest...