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...years ago, Katherine Harris was an obscure Sarasota, Fla., socialite, a Harvard-educated heiress juggling a real estate job, arts charities and a short-lived nightclub gig doing the chicken dance and exhorting the audience to join in. She was also, say friends, bored silly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: Woman on the Verge of Certifying | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...said that Mexico has accepted the "great culture" such as Faulkner and that "Kentucky Fried Chicken is secondary...

Author: By Rachel S. Bloomekatz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fuentes Says Politics Influenced Writing | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...because he'd already forced Clinton to accept a balanced budget over 10 years, and he was emboldened to escalate his demands to seven years. The government was kept running only through a series of continuing resolutions, and Gingrich and Clinton began to engage in an elaborate game of chicken. There was a real possibility of a serious government shutdown, and the blame could have gone either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: What We'll Remember | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...would hope, the more appropriate whiskey sours) were washing down heaping handfuls of "Banana Puddin'," a Southern Culture favorite, which some female fans obligingly flung off the stage during the performance of the band's serenade to the delectable dessert (the group is also known for slinging fried chicken off the stage during shows). Continuing in their appreciation of down home cuisine, sincere thanks were sent to the Boston Blue Ribbon Barbecue for the "best ribs and sweet potato pie I've ever had," an altruistic acknowledgement of the fact that even northerners can cook up a decent picnic spread...

Author: By Amber K. Lavicka, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Sound and the Fury | 11/17/2000 | See Source »

...strike came in the 11th minute, when freshman midfielder Katie Westfall--playing in her first game since being diagnosed with the chicken pox early last week--unleashed a high shot from 35 yards out. Hartford goalkeeper Anne Lise Nilssen tipped the ball upwards and off the crossbar. As the ball bounced out in front of the goal, Mattison lunged forward, sacrificing her body and heading the ball into...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: W. Soccer Stuns Hartford in NCAAs, Advances to Sweet 16 | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

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