Word: cliff
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...cusp of having this thing spiral out of control." Bush's strategy chief, Karl Rove, makes a legal battle sound like a civil war. Even a non-alarmist like CNN's Jeff Greenfield likened our democracy to a beautiful antique car sliding over a cliff...
...What cliff? If there's a crisis, it's one of the commentariat, that sleep-deprived and hoarse horde working double shifts for 24/7 cable outlets, secretly happy they have a sequel to Elián in a place where they conveniently have satellite uplinks. Sure, some of the Jewish seniors gathering in their condo lounges in jogging suits are a little crabby over being called doddering geezers for voting for Pitchfork Pat, who longs for a Christian nation. There are jokes about our need for outside observers from El Salvador. But I haven't heard of any residents...
...John Adams once said that there never was a democracy that did not commit suicide. We're having a bit of an anxiety attack; let's not drive off a cliff...
...singles action, sophomore Oliver Choo and freshman Cliff Nguyen scored major third round upsets, but neither could keep their magic going in the quarterfinals. Choo, unseeded, outlasted No. 4 Oscar Chow of Columbia in a three-hour, back-and-forth war, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3), but lost in round four to Penn State's Gresh...
...just plain plumb pisses Cliff Johnson off. Cliff is the 73-year-old president of the Metro Wayne Democratic Club, and he's watched his membership go from 130 three-four years ago to about 80 today. "They don't know about hard times anymore," Cliff says. "They think they're big shots. Don't need anybody anymore. They're ripe to lose everything...