Word: clays
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...very weird for me to think that my vote really matters," says Floridian Clay B. Tousey '02.. "Three hundred is a nice round number, and if it weren't for [me], it would...
...Clay M. West '97 said he was pleased that the disputes between students and administrators have calmed...
...Andrew Jackson won the popular vote over John Quincy Adams. He also led Adams in the electoral college, but with the electoral vote divided among four candidates, Jackson fell short of the necessary majority. Once again the choice went to the House. This time, with the support of Henry Clay, a contender who had dropped out of the contest, Adams won on the first ballot - and soon made Clay his secretary of state. The 1824 crisis produced charges of a "corrupt bargain" that facilitated Jackson's election...
...Butterly's toy-sized ceramics successfully translate similar ideas into three-dimensional space. Each of her pieces is based around a roughly cylindrical blob of clay frozen in a state of writhing, blooming and collapsing-intricate and really quite elegant. In both cases, however, the "Asian" influence is a touch heavy-handed: Burckhardt seems to like cherry blossoms and dragons, while his wife incorporates those little bearded toothy-smiley dogs into a few of her pieces. The press release calls them Chinese Fu dogs, but, with Butterly's vivid glazes, flea market chintz is a more accurate description...
...Ashcroft. The only Democrat with a shot at doing that would be Carnahan's widow Jean. But since she also lost a son, Roger, in the crash (an aide to the Governor, Chris Sifford, also died), friends say it will be hard for her to muster the strength. William Clay Jr., a leading state Democrat, advises his party to "tailor a message in memory of Mel: 'Come out; he would have wanted you to vote.'" For Missourians and Americans, the Carnahan death was tragedy. For Democrats, though, it was tragedy times...