Word: honorables
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...long as Notre Dame has held the top ranking in the national polls, the Irish women's soccer team has enjoyed an honor usually reserved for the football team in the form of an illuminated "#1" sign that stands atop one of the school's academic buildings...
...Gore remains the president of the Senate until Jan. 20, when a new President would presumably take office. Vice President Richard Nixon, in 1961, had the dubious honor of announcing his own defeat. Martin Van Buren, in 1837, and George Bush, in 1989, had the pleasure of announcing their own victories...
...cracked. Then the count comes in and the cracks have deepened, no matter who wins and how. All through his life he had followed his father's footsteps--to Yale and flight school and the Oil Patch--but once he got there, the prizes had lost some of their honor and shine. The biggest prize of all was now within reach, back in the family, but even if he finally wins, he has to wonder what it's worth...
...mail system. They confirmed what some Bush aides had feared--that they had lost momentum in the closing days. Gore had hit Bush hard on not being ready to lead, on not even knowing that Social Security was a federal program. The ticket that promised to restore honor and dignity to the White House turned out to have four arrests between them. The news of Bush's drunk-driving record was hurting, said a senior Bush adviser. "That's the only thing that changed in the last days of the campaign." Voters who had made up their mind...
...Culture hooted and hollered their way through a set that included a raunchy rendition of "Put Your Teeth Up on the Window Sill," dedicated to an elderly couple Miller met in a trailer park who were still wild about denture-free whoopie. A libidinous "Learn to Belly Dance" in honor of their appearance at the Middle East probably recalled the band's past performances at strip clubs-blond bouffant wig-wearing Mary Huff, the group's bassist, had to turn down more than a few requests to serve as a private tutor...