Word: tightness
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...Closer to home, Massachusetts’s voters banned greyhound racing. In doing so, voters sent a clear condemnation of keeping active dogs in tight wire cages for 20 or more hours a day. They also rejected the notion that a sport propped up by state-sponsored gambling (a 1986 state law granted the racetracks subsidies and tax breaks) can be a bastion of free market liberalism. The vote made Massachusetts the 35th state to no longer participate in a pastime that, with 800 injuries on this state’s tracks alone since...
...Palin wants to stay in Alaska politics, however, there's only one good job other than governor: U.S. Senator. It seems unlikely that she would run this quickly for Ted Stevens? seat if he wins his tight election and subsequently is forced out of the Senate. She needs time to recuperate and, frankly, to study up on the issues. But in 2010, Republican Lisa Murkowski will be up for re-election. Palin's broad popularity in Alaska (her approval rating at home is still in the 60s despite her turbulent autumn) wouldn't change the fact that Murkowski, whose approval...
...that, “One of the things that 02138 goes up against is that Harvard Magazine is such an extraordinary alumni publication. It is one of the greatest in the country and has a great following.” The market for such a specialized niche can be tight, and 02138 certainly experienced the advertisement squeeze.Perhaps the larger message here, however, is not 02138-specific. The troubling trend of folding magazines everywhere presents a window into the possible future of print media, in this age and this economy.BEYOND THE IVY GATES02138 is certainly not the only...
...Franken has aggressively courted college students here, making dozens of stops to campuses across the state. And in a tight race with Republican incumbent Norm Coleman, his victory may hinge on whether the left-leaning youth electorate show up at the polls in record numbers. "A lot of these kids are freshman, and they were 10 or 11 when George Bush was elected," Franken said. "They just don't know that government is supposed to work. We have a President who can't go to Cleveland without signing a loyalty oath...
...quarantine or no quarantine, news outlets still remember Florida in 2000; if swing-state races appear tight when the last polls close, odds are the media will be cagier about releasing early results - no matter how good the data look...