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...cancel appearances that were planned by his predecessor. She's not really having vocal chord problems."... I'm interviewing for my Disney dream job tomorrow. If you see me this weekend and I look happy, ask me how it went. If I look unhappy, offer to buy me a stiff drink... Since I am supposed to be cutting-edge, I flouted a green sports vest and matching pants to lunch the other day and was immediately greeted with a chorus of jeers from my blocking group. "You look like the sixth member of 'Nsync," said one. "Hooray!" I replied...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In the (K)now | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

...however, met with stiff opposition, as demonstrated by her removal from parliament. She called this as a conspiracy by a "minority of wealthy, powerful elite" to silence democratic opposition to a "corrupt system based on chaos...

Author: By Tzu-huan Lo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Turkish Politician Speaks at IOP | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

...voting booth in America, the choices were limited. Very limited. The three choices for Justices of the state Supreme Court, two for judges of the civil court and one for assemblyman appeared in both the Democrat and Republican columns. When I tested out the Bush lever, it was so stiff it actually creaked. It also smelled lovely in there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Comes to Chelsea | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

This morning our nation awoke with a new president. After months of stimulating intellectual discourse, the people of America (or the electoral college as it may be) put an end to the statistical dead heats and elected either a stiff-necked Tennesseean or a record-dodging Texan to be the next leader of the free world. However, now is not the time to gloat about how the smarter man won out in the end. Nor is it the time to plan your emigration to Canada in the case that he didn't--at least, not quite yet. As counter-intuitive...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, | Title: Prepping For 2004 | 11/8/2000 | See Source »

...elected, got him in trouble, and finally, set Gore up for a defeat. It was Bush, after all, who charmed voters, not Gore. It was Bush who managed to captivate with his easy laugh and his loose-limbed grace. Gore was stuck with the old caricature: A stiff, a robot, a typical policy wonk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poor Al Gore, Forever to Be Haunted by Clinton's Ghost | 11/8/2000 | See Source »

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