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...that Paxon means financial pressure. In addition to Bush's solid debate performance last week, another reason for the G.O.P.'s October swagger is an overflowing war chest. The parties are permitted to spend as much money as they can raise in the general election, and the Republicans have been raising money by the bucket. In the third quarter of 2000 alone, the Republican National Committee relieved eager contributors of $100 million. With a month left, the R.N.C. had nearly $45 million on hand to spend, compared with $26 million for the Democrats...
...that Paxon means financial pressure. In addition to Bush's solid debate performance last week, another reason for the G.O.P.'s October swagger is an overflowing war chest. The parties are permitted to spend as much money as they can raise in the general election, and the Republicans have been raising money by the bucket. In the third quarter of 2000 alone, the Republican National Committee relieved eager contributors of $100 million. With a month left, the R.N.C. had nearly $50 million on hand to spend, compared with $25 million for the Democrats...
...swagger, however, may be just on hold: the Australian papers are already gearing up for the rumored gold-medal celebration party, which will be stocked with recruits from at least three modeling agencies. The bash is to be held at the Cave, a hot nightclub in a Sydney neighborhood called "Star City" - a place that sounds more like home...
...public reveres Matsuzaka as royalty. His round baby face makes older women want to mother him. His swagger makes younger women want to marry him. Older men like his work ethic. Younger ones admire him for dyeing his hair a coppery red. "He says brave things, like how he will strike out batters, but then he backs it up," says 21-year-old fan Junko Kushima. "That's exciting." At the start of his first pro season in 1999, Matsuzaka predicted with un-Japanese bravado that he would be rookie of the year at season...
Mississippi trial lawyer Dickie Scruggs walked into a Connecticut Medical Society forum with the smile and swagger of a man who knows he's the main attraction. Not long ago, an aggressive plaintiffs' lawyer entering a roomful of doctors could have used a bodyguard. That's how much the medical profession hated the "ambulance chasers" who were driving up their malpractice premiums. On this visit, however, Scruggs was introduced so gushingly that even he was embarrassed. "You forgot to mention," he chided the society's head, "that I rested on the seventh...