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...vote, he took on the stride of a man who had won an impressive mandate. What will he do now that he has one? There may be too much over-reading of the 2002 election results, but there's no doubt it was a very good night for the 43rd President. He overcame 40 years of mid-term electoral tradition by increasing his party's share of the House seats and made history by re-taking the Senate. He helped rescue his brother's wobbly gubernatorial campaign and, in doing so, buried a lot of the ghosts of the Florida...
This isn't the first year Carter's nomination arrived promptly. But in selecting him now, the Nobel panel made an unambiguous statement: as the 43rd U.S. President edges toward war, the committee pointedly embraced the 39th, whose post-White House career has been all about conflict resolution and prevention. The official citation made only a veiled reference to George W. Bush: "In a situation currently marked by threats of the use of power, Carter has stood by the principles" of mediation and cooperation. But in case anybody missed the point, chairman Gunnar Berge elaborated: "This must be read...
...freshman stepped up for the women as well. Laura Maludzinki powered to a 43rd place finish...
Kang finished with a 30-over 170, good for a tie for 43rd place...
History has called us, George W. Bush likes to say, but what if history has already moved on? Perhaps no one in the nation was helped more by Sept. 11 than the 43rd President. His strange little presidency--which began with the slimmest electoral margin since 1876 and suspicions that he wasn't ready for the job--was lifted in the instant that so much else was crushed. In the days that followed, Bush found his voice and his purpose, because for once the simple moral clarity to which he reduces most questions was exactly what Americans needed to hear...