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...state races, the eleventh-hour attacks got even wilder. The fur flew in Georgia as an animal-rights group slammed Representative Bob Barr for opposing legislation to ban fetish videos in which women crush animals with their heels, coining a classic of American political discourse: "Bob, animal crushing is not common sense...
...episode reminded everyone of a lesson from Campaign Strategy 101: Get the bad stuff out early - and on your own terms. If Bush had mentioned the arrest months ago, perhaps buried deep in a speech about finding religion and giving up drinking, it would have lacked any eleventh-hour drama. But by avoiding it, the campaign made itself vulnerable. Whether it is calculating partisans or inquisitive local reporters, there's always someone in the final days of a presidential campaign who is more than happy to yell, "Surprise...
This year--for the first time--tenth graders statewide will have to pass the MCAS to graduate. If they fail in tenth grade, they can try again in eleventh and twelfth grades...
...that brought him to Camp David and to his tense, exacting talks with President Clinton and Barak. "God, it's hard," Clinton confessed of the process. And much of the difficulty could be traced to Arafat, a man whose place in history revolves entirely around the outcome of his eleventh-hour negotiations with Israel...
...After running in the first heat, Taylor had to wait to see if she would move on, as only the top two in each heat and the next six fastest times earned berths in the semifinals. When all five heats were finished, her time turned out to be the eleventh-fastest overall, securing her a spot in the next day's semifinals...