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...length of our campaigns and the growing use of 30-second TV ads require that candidates neglect their current offices and raise millions. Nevermind that Bush has a state to govern or that Gore is our current vice president--someone must be covering for them while they fly from state to state, delivering the same stump speeches and hosting one $10,000-a-plate dinner after another...
Harvard did not lay down its arms, however. Starting at its own 20, the Crimson was forced to do something it had only done once during the game-- drive the length of the field. Rose started things off by firing a bullet to sophomore wideout Carl Morris for a 14-yard gain...
...come to pass over the next couple of decades. Telescope designers are already thinking about the next generation of ground-based supergiant telescopes, devices that will range in size from 30 m (100 ft.) across to a staggering 100 m, or 330 ft.--a telescope mirror wider than the length of a football field. These will probably be scaled-up versions of the Kecks, using hundreds of individual mirrors aligned to make a single giant that could have up to 100 times the Kecks' light-gathering power...
...outright fraud, so long as there was doubt that the outcome reflected "the will of the voters." But it did not specify when the remedy should involve ordering a new election, something Democrats have talked about for Palm Beach. And Florida courts have almost never gone to that length...
...most surprising thing about "The Doll Squad" is that this flashy little number is by far the least of Ted Mikels' efforts of the period. The plotline is doted on at length (always a mistake in low-budget espionage dramas with shapely female leads), and when the all-out action sequences finally do arrive, the visuals are incredibly dark. This is most likely due to the fact that much of the film's closing action was shot in one night, on which Ted had the temporary loan of a real machine gun (thus, the actresses are actually blasting away with...