Word: prone
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...while he cut away at the technical truth of Brace's claims, Beck did something else - he goosed the passionate and pontification-prone witness into helping the Bush team with its backup plan. As Brace defended the integrity of some dimples, he got Brace to valiantly defend the abilities of canvassing boards to discern dimpled intent. Whoops. Boies, looking for another 600 votes, is also suing for a recount of the hand count in Palm Beach. If Gore's witness for his case in Miami-Dade turns out to be credible, he'll have done some work for Bush...
...their behalf by mutual-fund and pension-fund managers. Obviously, huge blocks of votes are easier to count than individual ballots. Only the government would think to insist that every voter cast his or her own individual ballot, thereby making the process of counting them so needlessly onerous and prone to error...
Stickgold said that in his experience, Harvard students--with difficult classes, problem sets and midterms--are particularly prone to ignoring their need for sleep. He blamed Harvard for perpetuating the nasty habit...
Republican lawyers will ask Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks to issue an injunction barring a hand recount of every ballot cast in Palm Beach County, on the basis that such recounts are significantly prone to error, and that Bush and his running mate, Dick Cheney, would be deprived of their constitutional rights...
...particular the quadriceps (front leg muscles) and hamstrings (back leg muscles)--play a critical role in keeping the knee stable during athletic performance. Strength in the hamstrings has been shown to protect the ACL from excessive strain; women, however, tend to be stronger in the quadriceps, creating an injury-prone imbalance...