Word: splits
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...evidence that the candidate is still not in control of his campaign. There is still no cogent internal process for drafting, editing and winning the candidate's approval of drafts. Last Friday's address, for instance, was subcontracted to a private company. Meanwhile, Dole's economic advisers remain deeply split over how far Dole should go on trade. Some, like Robert Lighthizer, want to take a tough line with Japan and China; others, with closer ties to the ceos who have helped fund the Dole campaign, want the candidate to push for free-trade agreements. Confusion over timing, as well...
...points to the New York Knicks, who aren't exactly world beaters, and another game to the Toronto Raptors, one of the expansion teams that have diluted the talent in the N.B.A. Beyond the Big Three of Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman and the Spider of Split, a.k.a. Toni Kukoc, the Bulls have an odd assortment of projects and castoffs. Stan Albeck, a Nets assistant coach and former Bulls head coach, says, "Back in November, one of our broadcasters, Mike O'Koren, told me he thought the Bulls could win 70. I bow to no one in my admiration...
Schliemann's brazenness didn't stop there. His original dig was done without a permit from the Ottoman (now Turkish) government, and when he later got permission, it was with the understanding that he would split what he found with the Turks. But he smuggled many objects out of the country. When Turkey sued for the return of Priam's Treasure, Schliemann bought the Turkish share for a fraction of its value. He donated the treasure to Germany...
...casket early Wednesday morning, cut Brown's hair every two weeks for 20 years in Shaw. It was the neighborhood Brown often frequented, where he dropped off his shoes to be repaired and ate lunch on Saturdays; nearby, he played his weekend basketball games and lived in a split-level town house in an integrated development right where black Washington gives way to white. "He was a down-to-earth person,'' says Johnson. "He helped me open my own shop." Johnson closed it briefly to join hundreds of others on the street to salute Brown as the cortege went past...
Perhaps the split among Republicans at Harvard may symbolize the national Republican split between the far right and the conservative moderates...