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...wasn't in the bag, as McCain well knew. His lead had evaporated because Bush had been raising some tough (but not especially outrageous) questions about McCain's tax-cut plan; because New Hampshire races often tighten in the last week; and because McCain's hip-shooting style had finally backfired...
...should ride in forward-facing safety seats with a five-point harness system. The seat should be installed very tightly, with less than an inch of "wiggle." To achieve this, I had to stand inside the car and shove the car seat down with a knee while tightening the lap strap through the back. Test the tightness by trying to yank the seat from its mooring, then tighten some more. Starting next year, new cars will have permanent metal pins behind the seat that will make for an easier and more secure...
...Kadiatou Diallo in the courtroom in Albany last week, about as far away as the four white policemen were from her son Amadou when they shot him down as he stood in the vestibule of his Bronx apartment building, armed with nothing but his wallet. I watched her jaw tighten when defense lawyer Stephen Worth glared at the Rev. Al Sharpton and declared that but for the "furor created by people who have their own agenda," the cops who fired 41 9mm bullets at her son, piercing his body 19 times, would not be on trial for murder. She remained...
...passes, though. After a day or two of bumbling, fumbling and grumbling, the training schedule ramps up again and we find ourselves dragged by necessity back to our old heights of motivation. Formations tighten up; cadences grow loud and crisp again; words of appreciation are uttered at meals...
...dotcoms and their Net-infrastructure brethren have proved immune to higher rates. How else can you explain the NASDAQ's 80% increase, the greatest uplift in any U.S. average's history, in light of the major interest-rate rises of 1999? Put simply, any Fed moves to tighten may set off a further stampede into the hottest stocks around...