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This thinking undoubtedly originated with the fact that George W. Bush was the undisputed victor. Unlike in 2000, the Democrats cannot convince themselves that their policies were the best ones for America and that a few hanging chads prevented them from seizing the reins of government. They cannot claim that the election was stolen. On Nov. 2, Democrats believed they were right, and that America would agree. Then, as polling stations closed, and news stations reported the facts, it became obvious that the dream of a Democrat in the White House would have to wait at least four more years...
Speaking inside Faneuil Hall, where the nation’s founders once convened to establish the American democracy, Kerry told his campaign staff that “we cannot win this election” and offered his congratulations to the incumbent victor, President Bush...
Both teams were 2-0 in Ivy play entering the game, and the victor would take full control of its own destiny heading into the second half of the season. But Harvard, which topped the Tigers for the ninth straight time, banished any pretense of a close game once the Crimson offense stopped beating itself...
Toshiba's DVD executives cheerfully avow that they spurned the Blu-ray consortium's advances, deciding to develop their own HD-DVD technology instead. The proud victor over Sony in setting the standards for the first generation of DVDs in the 1990s, Toshiba is in no mood to concede its lead. Toshiba team leader Hisashi Yamada, a key player in the first DVD war, seems to delight in playing the role of the spoiler yet again in the face of what many at Toshiba perceive as Sony's arrogance. "The way of Sony is very simple," says Yamada. "'Our format...
...time and the man who reaches the finish line first always wins. Case closed. This year in track and field, however, the story was anything but black and white. Sports headlines weren’t filled with wins and losses or times and records, rather they were dominated by Victor Conte, Balco and the biggest athletic drug scandal in US history. Conte claimed that 27 athletes, including 15 track and field superstars, a champion boxer and swimmer and several NFL and MLB players, had received illegal athletic aids from San Francisco Bay area supplement maker Balco Laboratories. The mistakes...