Word: prospective
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Compared to the bustle of Central Square and the heavy traffic of Prospect Street, the library on Broadway is surrounded by quiet, grassy open space, proponents said...
...says stop. So far, Republicans say only Al Gore's concession can stop the Senate from following through on the House and making Florida's the first state legislature in history to name its own electors. The Supremes, from their lofty perch, may not be particularly rushed by that prospect, but if they choose they have until Wednesday afternoon to stop the clock. Feeney, for one, sounded ready to play along with the nation's biggest band...
...like to say we hate lawyers, that they pickle and fillet and jelly common sense until we're all flummoxed. For a while now, and particularly in the past few weeks, it has become fashionable to say that politics has been lawyered to death, that we face the cheerless prospect of election-by-lawsuit forever...
...group of more than 30 conservatives and moderates who often vote as a bloc. "We could lose others if he defects," frets a Gore aide. Stenholm is fielding calls from Gore surrogates, and Bush allies have leaked his name as a possible Agriculture Secretary under Bush, an attractive prospect for a third-generation cotton farmer and ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee. "I addressed him as Mr. Secretary a couple of days ago," says Jere Lawrence, who helped run Stenholm's last campaign. If Stenholm plays his cards right, the next one to call him that might be Bush...
...reelection unless he has a peace agreement with the Palestinians on which to base his campaign. The continuing violence, which showed signs of escalating last Friday in a day of clashes that killed seven Palestinians and three Israelis across the West Bank, renders extremely unlikely the prospect of a peace deal before election day. Instead, Barak will likely seek to underline his credentials as a military man who can maintain the tough posture Israeli voters desire even as he seeks a peace agreement. Voters have shown growing concern over the fact that their vaunted security forces appear to have been...