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...with David than Goliath," he declared. Or with Elijah than 850 prophets of Baal. Or with Daniel and the lions than the Babylonians. The point was not lost on the crowd of Sunday school veterans: the Bible is, after all, jam-packed with stories of the seemingly weak who triumph, heroes who shock the naysayers...
...Rudy's Electoral College argument has its share of weak spots. If he would put some blue states into play, his name on the G.O.P. ticket also would invite some red ones onto the dance floor, too. He would have to work harder to hold border states like Tennessee (11) and Missouri (11) than Bush did against Kerry and could hardly take Arkansas (11) for granted, assuming Clinton parks her husband there for a few days in October (that prospect alone is reason for keeping an eye on Mike Huckabee in the G.O.P. veepstakes). Meanwhile, Iowa (7) and New Mexico...
...More bad movies get a shot: Weak, stockpiled movies that might have gone straight to DVD would get a theatrical release. Finally, good news for fans of the American Pie sequels...
...five contests and now finds itself peaking at an ideal point of the season. “We’re just on the cusp of getting on a groove as a team,” Byrd said. “[Our trip] to California exposed where we were weak and we’ve done a lot in practice to improve and get ready for the final games of the season.” —Staff writer Mauricio A. Cruz can be reached at cruz2@fas.harvard.edu...
...Getting an agreement meant resolving squabbles, often driven by weak national governments trying to score domestic political points, over numerous obscure protocols, declarations, opt-ins and opt-outs. Among the arcana: How exactly does one count seats in the European Parliament? How much power should national parliaments have to trump legislation at the E.U. level? And can a member state freeze unfavorable legislation even if outvoted by its counterparts...