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...guin faced multiple problems: Tiberi's "dissident" candidacy, public lassitude after nearly a quarter-century of Gaullist rule, voter disgust over allegations of corruption going back to Chirac's days as mayor and, not least, the charge that Séguin was a parachuté-a carpetbagger brought in from the outside. To make matters worse, he has run a lackluster race marked by baffling tactical shifts. By contrast, Delanoë's low-key campaign, boosted by the national popularity of the Socialist-led government, has the wind at its back...
...political cover. And beyond its symbolic meaning, Evans' decision, which is still officially on hold until next week, will have practical political repercussions as well - ones that stand to benefit the Republican party. Any ruling - which applies only to districting, not the apportionment of federal money - will mean that voter rolls in congressional districts remain tied to unadjusted census figures. If the adjusted numbers were used, Democrats and Republicans agree, Democrats could conceivably gain seats in the closely divided U.S. House of Representatives...
...managers lamented the press's disproportionate influence on voter's perceptions of the election and emphasis on the horserace over the substance of their campaigns...
...Amber sitting in the water, tears in her eyes, moaning "We're so tired of losing." Amber waifishly analyzing the pecking order in her green bathing suit, fingering Colby correctly as the tribe's Undecided Voter. Amber pulling off her shades for Probst after the immunity challenge to reveal big bright eyes. "Do you see any tears?" she asked. No, Amber, but you sure are purty...
...tests rose from 44% to 64%. Paige placed principals on performance contracts contingent on student achievement and saved the district money by contracting out lunchroom and maintenance services. With the help of Houston business executives, whose conservative politics had historically been at odds with the district leadership, Paige won voter approval for a $678 million bond issue in 1998--the largest of its kind in Texas--to repair 69 schools and build 10 new ones...