Word: vermonters
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Although Grumet-Morris’ scoreless streak—measured at 184:23 and extending through consecutive shutouts of Dartmouth and Vermont (the first back-to-back blankings in 17 years for a man in a carmine sweater)—ended early in the third period on Saturday night, Dov has consistently kept Harvard in a position to win its last three games...
...Harvard] played outstanding,” Vermont coach Kevin Sneddon said. “Hats off to them. They are a very strong, physical team. They played very well defensively, and really played well in all aspects of the game...
...that would have given Dick Cheney's cardiologist the bends--fried shrimp, fried onion rings, corn on the cob, French fries, cole slaw and cheesecake--Bush was jovial, confident. He told the group--George Pataki of New York, Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho, Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, Jim Douglas of Vermont and his Floridian brother Jeb--that the presidential race would be close but that he would win. Bush's legendary self-confidence was on full display. "You guys have the best job in government." He smiled, leaning back. "Actually, you have the second best job in government...
...civil unions performed for Vermont residents, 29 have so far been formally and clearly dissolved in that state. But the vast majority of Vermont's civil-union licenses, 5,770, have gone to people outside Vermont, and those gay couples who don't wind up happily ever after could enter the same legal no-man's-land they were trying to escape by getting married...
...Texas, a lower-court judge in Beaumont allowed two men who had been wed in Vermont to dissolve their union, but he reversed himself after state attorney general Greg Abbott argued that because Texas law prohibits gay marriage, the state cannot grant a gay divorce. If mediation fails, the only other alternative, says Houston attorney Jerry Simoneaux, is district court, where a judge might, for example, divide assets according to how much each partner contributes. Family court judges can weigh what is fair. "The person who stayed at home would lose a lot," Simoneaux says...