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Conjuring the skills of his long-lost high school running back days, Everett headed towards the goal line, leveling one last stiff arm before diving inside the pylon for his first collegiate touchdown...
...higher level of approval for longer than any modern U.S. President. Economist Ray Fair devised a model that weighs inflation and growth rates, and by his formula, Bush looked on track to win 58% of the popular vote. And he was running against a New England Senator so stiff, he creaked, when no non-Southern Democrat has won in 44 years...
...another time, Bush and Bartlett might have challenged the authenticity of the documents. But stiff-arming the press had failed during the Abu Ghraib prison scandal and after the tempest over WMD claims in the State of the Union address, so the last thing Bush wanted was a credibility fight. "We couldn't challenge their veracity because then people would challenge ours," says Bartlett. A softer defense was hatched: Bartlett would hint that the alleged new evidence was being pushed by the President's political enemies but would stick to the talking points: Bush had been honorably discharged...
Attacking into a stiff wind during the first half, the Crimson relied mostly on short, accurate passes, and was able to dominate possession of the ball...
With that in mind, as well as last weekend’s near choke in Hanover, the Crimson should have some extra motivation to hand Columbia a pretty stiff beating. But this is the Ivy League, and games just never wind up being that simple...