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...strange and often irksome form of English. Run-on sentences sprawl: "I hadn't originally intended to do any reading, what if I did read one book more or one book less, whether I read or not wouldn't make a difference, I'd still be waiting to get cremated." Redundancies abound: "The tall buildings and large courtyard with a watchtower must once have been the residence of a rich and powerful family at one time"; "I have a foreboding premonition." Some usages defy explanation: "Many pretty young girls have also suicided...
...large white tent. To my dismay, Delta is not hosting a flea market for old blankets, pillows, and peanuts or offering a circus show with tigers jumping through rings of fire for my pre-flight entertainment. I have to stand in line under this white tent just to get inside of the terminal--not a good omen for the voyage...
Boarding the 5:30 flight at 5:50, they get up to green ticket number 82! So close and yet so far. My heart picks up the beat, in anticipation of a miracle, but to no avail. The herd mumbles that we should have taken the bus or train. Loyalists and optimists disagree with these dissenters, citing horror stories of eight-hour train rides with enough bodies in the car to cause a fire hazard and odor alert. A Harvard student declares, "It is times like these when you wish you went to Columbia...
...always possible, of course, that even if Gore wins the recount, Florida election officials (such as Secretary of State Katherine Harris) could refuse to certify his victory. And that would mean another court proceeding in which Gore would be forced to get an injunction ordering the certification to take place...
...Meanwhile, Bush's lawyers have had to scramble to get a handle on a case that some legal analysts have predicted could be Gore's strongest chance of winning the election. On Tuesday, James Baker introduced four new lawyers without assigning one to the Seminole issue. "We're not concerned about Seminole County," he said when asked about it by a reporter. "We do not think that that claim really has merit...