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...interview with TIME last week, Bush singled out one Governor in particular for praise: Racicot, of Montana, who emerged during the Florida fiasco as a take-no-prisoners surrogate for the Governor. Racicot's accusation that Gore had declared war on U.S. troops by trying to toss out their absentee ballots has already made him a target among some Democrats on Capitol Hill. But Bush is unbowed and is considering the former state attorney general for Justice or Interior. "He's a genuinely good person," said Bush, "a genuine guy. I promise you that whatever position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bush Hires | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

...purloins comic books for its scenarios, Joel and Ethan Coen raid noble antiquity: not just Homer's fabulous travelog in verse but Preston Sturges' "Sullivan's Travels" (for the movie's title) and MGM's "The Wizard of Oz" (for a delirious production number starring the Ku Klux Klan). Toss in enough gorgeous bluegrass music to make the movie's CD a must-have, and you have prime, picaresque entertainment. It celebrates the chicanery of the human spirit, the love of raillery and rodomontade. But don't ask us for reasons; we just liked it. As Clooney, who never radiated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas Movie Preview | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

Junior thrower Nicky Grant once again competed with an injured toe, and once again she took first in the weight throw, this time with a toss of 16.53 meters. Grant's effort was enough to win the event just a week after she unleashed an NCAA-qualifying throw of 17.71 meters against...

Author: By Rob Cacace, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Track Teams Host Harvard Invite | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...ominously for Gore, they may also agree, as Bush's application claimed, that the Florida Supreme Court decision was unconstitutional, that it conflicted with Article II - which says the legislature chooses electors - and that it violated the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In which case, they'll toss the whole thing out, and go back to the original certification of Bush as the winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reading the Supreme Court Tea Leaves | 12/9/2000 | See Source »

...question for Judge Clark, then, is whether the punishment that the Democratic-activist plaintiff wants - either toss out all 15,000 of the county's absentee ballots or come up with some statistically derived alternative in that 1,900 neighborhood - fits the crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seminole Bomb Hasn't Gone Off Yet | 12/6/2000 | See Source »

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