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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Winters foresaw several possible situations: To break the stalemate, Galluccio or Toomey could give Born the fifth vote she needs; or the CCA might lend its votes to Galluccio in order to keep Sullivan from the mayorship...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Councillors Fail to Elect Mayor at Inaugural Meeting | 1/7/2000 | See Source »

...which one could be brought before the Administrative Board. Even without the flagrant spending violations, Driskell and Burton should not have been allowed to stay in the race because they clearly went against College policy. It is absolutely unacceptable that the commission has allowed them to break the rules and get away with it while the other candidates obeyed the rules assuming the other candidates would be held to them. Furthermore, the fact that both Driskell and Burton ran for office last year leads to another conclusion: They should have known better...

Author: By Kyle D. Hawkins and John P. Marshall, S | Title: Driskell and Burton Must Step Down | 1/7/2000 | See Source »

...calls "ridiculous") and the "far more realistic" "Deep Impact," legions of nonbelievers remain. And while Jaroff sometimes finds it difficult to educate the most die-hard skeptics of the real risk posed by asteroids, he keeps trying. "I used to tell people that even if an asteroid were to break into relatively small pieces, each of those pieces would have the power to destroy Cleveland. But," he muses, "no one seemed to care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Asteroids Attack: Will Killer Rocks Hit the Earth? | 1/4/2000 | See Source »

...lives a quiet private life, on a country estate outside London surrounded by razor wire, packed with burglar alarms, patrolled by dogs. But last week an intruder managed to break into George Harrison's bedroom in the middle of the night and stab him. Harrison's wife Olivia ended the assault by hitting the attacker on the head with a bedside lamp, knocking him unconscious. The ex-Beatle escaped with a one-inch knife wound in the chest. He was treated for a punctured lung, but doctors pronounced him lucky: "There is no such thing as a safe stab wound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Day's Night | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

...fast and far you move it directs the virtual cue on your screen. Also included is the PC-only game Ultimate 8 Ball, which lets you try your luck against computer players or challenge other hustlers on the Internet. No fancy finger grip is required, and you won't break your back leaning over the table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jan. 1, 2000 | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

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