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...government had until late last year been struggling to contain a resurgent CDU. "This scandal has destroyed the credibility of the entire opposition because many of its leadership figures have been tainted," says Wallace. "And a couple of months ago they'd looked set to break the Social Democrats' grip on government." But the long-term impact of a scandal of this magnitude goes beyond partisan calculation - Watergate, after all, forever destroyed the trust of a nation in its leaders...
...Harvard men's hockey team exited the weekend holding on to first place by the same one point that it entered. But its grip seems much tighter...
...roll bar on the mouselike controller. How fast and far you move it directs the virtual cue on your screen. Also included is the PC-only game Ultimate 8 Ball, which lets you try your luck against computer players or challenge other hustlers on the Internet. No fancy finger grip is required, and you won't break your back leaning over the table...
...what we're doing. We stop. Esteban, sighing loudly, takes my place, and then I'm pushing. Down the road, and before long we're out of the town and into the dark fields. The road is red from the taillights and slippery and I can't get a grip, but then boom, Esteban pops the clutch and the Subaru whinnies and I get in while it's moving and we're off, Esteban at the wheel. Like a getaway car! In a minute Esteban's doing 80 m.p.h. He's veering on and off the road. "ˇFlojo...
Possibly more important than its appeal to liberals is the proposal's potential to shore up the veep's grip on the middle, which he could eventually wrangle over with George W. Bush. The Democratic primary debates promise to pit Bradley's $90 billion health care proposal against Gore's preschool plan. "Preschool is a fuzzier, more embraceable issue than health care for the poor," notes Dickerson. "America's just starting to realize that it trails the rest of the world in preschool; meanwhile, big health care plans are a tough sell, even among Democrats...