Word: preventing
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...Publishers of paper books would love to get rid of the used-book market--after all, the sales bring them no revenue, and a cheap market in used books lowers the demand for new books. Current publishers aren't able to wrap their books in a license agreement and prevent you from selling them after you're finished reading; with a friendly law code and the increasing penetration of electronic books into the marketplace, this could easily change. Remember those licensing requirements every time you hear someone sing the praises of e-books or of a digital library--and imagine...
...having the Bush-Cheney electoral votes counted. As for Gore, his role under the Constitution and federal statute is pretty much just reading the ballots or breaking a tie in the Senate over the Vice President. But the Senate and House, concurrently, can make objections to electoral slates and prevent them from being counted...
...That's great. But he's got some proving to do." A Republican member of Congress on Gore: "He wants to fight everyone and everything." New eras of warm cooperation have a way of dissolving into cold, familiar warfare, and even good intentions and fond hopes can't always prevent it. A single shot gets fired and returned, and suddenly a sniper attack becomes a skirmish becomes a battle becomes a war. The first bullet flew on the day after the election when Senate minority leader Tom Daschle, a Democrat with a gift for attacking with a mild half-smile...
...first was the recount, to prevent the immediate certification of the Florida results. The outcome from a hand count could still save the day. There was also the outside chance that the overseas ballots would include enough from Israel to tip the balance to Gore. The second was the public relations war: stoke the anger of African Americans and Jews--for whom disfranchisement strikes a deep chord--throw Austin off balance, keep that transition from getting organized. All this would have useful downstream benefits for the Democrats even if they don't ultimately prevail. The third track was to figure...
TAKE NOTE The TV networks have taken quite a hit for their coverage of this election, in many cases, deservedly so. In order to prevent a repeat of such shambles in the future, let's take a look at what we all really learned...