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...rest of us woke up Wednesday morning not knowing who would be the next leader of the free world; not knowing when we would know; not knowing if the eventual winner would be able to govern, with a Senate split down the middle and a teeny Republican edge in the House and a nation so neatly and clearly and evenly divided that it would take a pair of tweezers to find a mandate in the results. Neither side even tried...
...work and how far they travel and how much they want it, when judgment day dawns, the candidates usually stand still at last. They go to the polls and cast their votes. Then they take a deep breath and just hold it for the rest of the day. Bush woke up Tuesday morning at 6 a.m., made coffee for his wife, fed his cats, read his Bible and called his folks to reassure them that he would, indeed, become the nation's 43rd President of the U.S. His chief strategist, Karl Rove, had been assuring him that victory...
...first game, the Crimson trailed 1-3, then woke up. Harvard ran off nine straight points to lead 10-3. Junior outside hitter Erin Denniston recorded various kills during the game, and the Crimson closed out the Pioneers, 15-6, to jump out to a 1-0 lead in the match...
...name of God the merciful, the compassionate. I woke up at dawn. I did my ablutions before the prayer. I was about to leave for the mosque to lead the prayer. My wife tried to persuade me not to go. The Moustaribine [Israeli undercover forces disguised as Arabs] had sneaked into our neighborhood. We prayed at home. I switched on the TV. There were clashes near the settlement at Tawil Mountain, called by the occupiers Psagot [a Jewish settlement]. The children woke up. I wanted to take them to school. I gave my son Abdullah his pocket money. We left...
...almost always the first person in the White House to pick a fight with Republicans, start an argument, tell Dick Armey off in a private White House meeting or put Ross Perot on the spot. That was a huge calling card in a White House that often woke up each morning and read in the papers that it had been given up for dead...