Word: prospectively
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...multiplication of splinter parties would make it hard for major-party candidates to win popular-vote majorities. Cumulating votes from state to state, they could force a runoff if no candidate got more than 40% of the vote--and then could extract concessions from the major parties. The prospect of double national elections could be alarming to a bored and weary electorate, especially when the final prize might go to the candidate who came in second in the first round...
...thousand votes in a handful of districts. Under George W. Bush, he could be all but irrelevant, as the G.O.P. President ignores the Democratic leadership and personally lobbies conservative Democrats on tight votes. Under Al Gore, Gephardt would be a bigger legislative player but with little prospect for major accomplishments. What's more, if Gore winds up in the White House, Gephardt's chances of seeking the presidency would slip away again, perhaps until 2008, when he turns...
...product of New Bedford, Mass., Balestracci was tabbed as a can't-miss prospect almost before he played his first high school game...
...early in the week, Wright says, "We started getting spontaneous calls from residents who want to be part of history and show that Tallahassee is a very hospitable community." As word spread, that charitableness spread like a rash across town, leaving college kids and senior citizens giddy at the prospect of cashing in on the media machine...
...Maybe investors didn't like playing pawn in the never-ending campaign; maybe they remember Dubya henchman Jim Baker as a member of the administration that presided over the last American recession. Probably they're dealing with their own issues, like slowing sales growth, disappointing corporate earnings and the prospect that Greenspan's "soft landing" might actually be quite hard on everybody...