Word: splitting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Reform party is split between those who relish the taste of populist bile in their mouths and those who believe the party can one day gain the influence to help fix what is broken in American politics. The first half has hailed pundit-cum-politician Pat Buchanan with a lusty come-aboard; the latter group, led by grappler-turned-governor Jesse Ventura, has begun to throw candidates at the would-be GOP ship-jumper, in the hopes that someone else ? anyone else ? will carry the Reform flag toward higher political ground, and not downhill. Someone who will help keep...
...used the White House Project as an example of such an endeavor. Fundraising efforts for the project were somewhat hindered by the nature of the program--one which rises above both political parties and the money which flows from those parties. The candidates on the ballot are split fairly evenly among liberals and conservatives, and the clear focus of the project's effort is to get a woman, conservative or liberal, into the White House. Wilson was justifiably proud that the project got off the ground despite the protests of those who disliked the non-partisan approach...
Despite the lopsided score, the Lions struck first early in the game. It took Columbia seven plays to go 47 yards when Lions quarterback Mark Stoutenberg found split end Armand Dawkins in the end zone with 11:08 left in the first quarter. After that initial score, however, Columbia would not score for the rest of the contest...
Jones, who missed the final eight games of the '97 season and played in only one game last season because of injuries, shone as he split time with senior Chris Menick, who finished with 85 yards on 18 carries...
...Crimson kept it even for the first 10 minutes, but in the 11th minute the Jays split the Harvard defense with a ball out of the midfield and Creighton forward Brian Mullan connected with the back of the net only seconds later...