Word: preventives
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...fact recount could end up reaching the same conclusion around the time he takes office. The man who promised to be "a uniter, not a divider"--who warned Republicans that the Party of Lincoln hasn't always heeded the message of Lincoln--ended up fighting in the courts to prevent the recount of ballots cast largely by Americans who are black, poor, and/or elderly. The man who promised to be a different kind of Republican may owe his office to an old-fashioned Republican network--the allies of his brother, the Florida Governor, and the Republican appointees on the nation...
...Last July the New York Times Book Review revised its best-seller list by splitting off a separate category for children's books. The move came just in time to prevent Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire from zooming to the top of the fiction list--and joining the three earlier Harry Potter titles firmly ensconced among the 15 slots. By shunting the wizard books out of its main chart, the Book Review fiddled with logic but appeased publishers and authors who believed they had been "Pottered"--denied best-selling status by the J.K. Rowling juggernaut...
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU Barak resigns so special election may prevent Bibi's running. David Boies must have been in on this...
...again, he may already have been outmatched. He met with Democratic Senators in the L.B.J. Room and received a polite reception, "the kind of applause you give for people you don't care about," as a Senator described it. Lawmakers joked among themselves that Lieberman was trying to prevent someone from "pulling a Lieberman"--speaking out against Gore the way Lieberman spoke out against Bill Clinton during the impeachment mess...
...seems all but inevitable the ballots will ultimately be counted, either by the media or by academics looking to determine who actually won in Florida. If Bush does not in fact have the most votes, it's not clear that delaying the count until after Inauguration Day will prevent a "cloud" from forming over his presidency...