Word: picked
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...This year's 35-day affair didn't so much elect a president as pick one out of a hat. A cleanly split Florida populace faced up to a systemic margin of error that exceeded its margin of preference. That resulted in a statistical tie, finally resolved by the armies of political henchmen - pols, pundits, judges and lawyers - who traditionally are required to stand down for this one day of the year. And everybody walked away with a bad taste in their mouth...
...1980s: Ronald Reagan and George Sr. at the helm. The end of all that hippy-dippy nonsense. A spirit of purpose and moral fiber. Yes there was that troublesome business of the national debt quadrupling, unemployment soaring and the Iran-Contra scandal. But some people will always nit-pick. What truly mattered was that the very word ?hippy? became an insult. Liberals were in full flight. It was the anti...
...this sense, "Pat's Pick" was a premature holiday present from Harvey to his team. It remains to be seen if the Crimson will have to rely more in 2001 on the heroics of one of its newest and brightest stars...
...Dartmouth was a huge emotional pick up for us," Harvey said. "It's great to hang tough throughout a game and emerge with a victory, especially an Ivy League...
...playoffs, out of the playoffs, out of the playoffs, out of the playoffs. The class of the NFL has been forced to taste a piece of humble pie. The 49ers won 10 or more games for 17 straight seasons. Institute a salary cap, and hello No. 3 draft pick...