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...Lawrence, which had only given up one power-play goal in 39 attempts so far this season, was frustrated by the Crimson's pressure on the man-advantage, as Harvard notched a pair of power-play goals in each of the first two periods of play, including the game-winner...
Sophomore Helena Ronner, who won the long jump and the triple jump, was the only multi-event winner other than Taylor from the defending Heptagonal Champions...
...again. The halls were decked, the pundits were quacking, Democrats said Florida was still too close to call. By the Sunday 5 p.m. deadline, the counting still wasn't done, but in a dramatic signing ceremony at 7:30, secretary of state Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush the winner by 537 votes. But even as Bush asked Dick Cheney to head a transition team and named Andrew Card his chief of staff, the Democratic faithful were primed to fight on--especially after Harris decided to leave out the results of the hand count Palm Beach canvassers stayed...
Longtime Baker watchers have not been surprised at how quickly the former Marine put together Bush's Florida operation. But some have found his public statements unexpectedly shrill and partisan. "He needs to consider how the country perceives the process and the winner," says an old friend. "That does not come naturally to Baker." Another former aide was more outspoken. "He got a little too hot." A master inside operator, Baker has always been a bit weaker at the public side of politics. He made a lot of people wince in 1990 when he said the Gulf War was about...
...prognosis from his doctors, so there's little reason to suppose that poor health would cause him to step aside before Dec. 18, when the Electoral College will formally choose the President and Vice President. If that were to happen, however, and if Bush turns out to be the winner of the presidential race, he could simply name Cheney's replacement, a choice that would have to be approved in a vote by the 165-member Republican National Committee. But after the Electoral College votes, or at any time during a Bush Administration, Bush's choice to succeed Cheney would...