Word: although
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...Brown's announcement comes at a time when two other Ivy League universities, Harvard and Princeton, are also searching for new leadership. Although Simmons is highly regarded and has the requisite Harvard degree, her name had not been circulated in media speculation about potential candidates to succeed outgoing Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine...
...shirt proposal passed with little debate, although members of the Finance Committee objected to the new $7 charge--last year's shirts were given away free because of corporate sponsorships...
...think both candidates would see that patience is of the essence, although we're getting beyond that now. Anyone who doesn't concede an election the moment Dan Rather declares a winner risks being labeled a sore loser. Gore was so eager to surrender in a timely way that he jumped the gun, only to renege later when Florida drifted back into contention. Bush nearly refused to accept the retraction, protesting that little brother Jeb, who would know, had assured him the Sunshine State was his. To Gore, that wasn't a controlling legal authority. This time he was right...
...understandable that Bush wants to shut the process down while he's ahead, although it's risky to be perceived as having won the presidency after ballots were thrown out in a state run by your brother. But what is everybody else's hurry? It will be hard enough for anyone to govern without a rush to judgment setting off a cottage industry of the grassy-knoll variety. Do we want Who Stole Florida? on the shelf alongside Who Shot JFK? Yet when Gore's deputies threatened litigation, Bush mouthpiece Karen Hughes warned that this would be unhealthy...
...disproportionate number had nobody voting for President. In Broward alone, which gave Gore 68% of its vote, there were 6,686 ballots that did not register a presidential vote. In Pinellas, election authorities figured out this problem and began removing the little hanging flap from the punch cards, although they didn't catch all the faulty ballots before the full recount was completed. Nonetheless, Gore picked up 417 votes there, and now it became important for Democrats to press for a hand count...