Word: picked
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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With Bush's defenses against the recounts threatening to crumble, Republicans are second-guessing his static, defensive strategy. Instead of running out the clock and relying on Harris, why hadn't his team pushed for hand counts in Republican counties where he might pick up more votes? His aides explained that doing so would destroy his argument against Gore's recounts and that even in counties Bush had won, their analysis showed more miscast ballots came from Democrats than Republicans. Whatever that may say about the aptitude of voters from the two parties, it told Bush's people that demanding...
...were calling states for Bush and Gore on election night. A Palm Beach County judge rules that local officials have the option of counting dimpled chads. A Broward County judge rules the same. A suit is filed challenging absentee ballots in Seminole. "I used to leave the house to pick up the newspaper," says Bush lawyer Barry Richard. "Now I leave to pick up the next complaint that's been filed...
Many companies showed off Internet appliances--devices that browse the Web and send e-mail, without the complications of a full-fledged PC--but the Gateway Connected Touch Pad ($599) drew the biggest crowds. It has a touchscreen, so you can pick it up like a notebook and write directly on its screen with a stylus. While it's easy to use, it's also technologically cutting edge: a low-power Crusoe chip gives it extra-long battery life, and instead of Microsoft's Windows it runs the crash-proof operating system Linux. Needless to say, Bill Gates...
...Harvard was fortunate to pick up a victory over its struggling cross-town rival. Unseating B.U. at Walter Brown Arena is not something to take lightly, and should do wonders for the Crimson's burgeoning confidence...
...pile at issue there - with 10,000 "undervotes," 930 isn't a tall target - could get to pick Sunday's winner...