Word: races
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Surviving the debates, he led in the polls for 20 of the last 26 weeks leading to Election Day, then headed back to Texas to hunker down and, surrounded by his famous family, watch the returns. Now, finally, attention would be paid. It was clear very early that the race was close, but when Florida was called for Gore shortly before 8 p.m., despondency fell over the Bush clan. With tears in his eyes, brother Jeb, Florida's Governor, apologized to George W. for letting him down. Other battleground states--Michigan, Pennsylvania--were put into the Gore column as well...
...became something of a hit there too. Her presumptive opponent was New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, but a diagnosis of prostate cancer, coming in the same season as a separation from his wife and the revelation of a relationship with another woman, forced him to forgo the race. The enthusiastic Rick Lazio from Long Island got whomped by Hillary, 56% to 44. At the Democratic convention in Los Angeles in August, the Clintons were a team (right). But the body language on election night was telling. At Hillary's rally, the President kept sidling over...
...what it was and stunning for what it meant. When Ben Hogan won three of golf's four major tournaments in 1953, some said it would never be done again. Had you wagered that the next player to do it would be a young American of eclectically mixed race--a bit of white, a bit of black, a lot of Asian--then you would have walked off the course with cash worth counting...
...husband, injured shot-putter C.J. Hunter, whose positive tests for steroid use were revealed during the Games. Of Jones' ups and downs, the one to remember was the first. In the 100 m she blazed to a time of 10.75 secs. and the largest margin of victory in that race since the 1952 Games...
...want Maurice Greene to put on the best performance ever seen." So said Maurice Greene before the male version of the 100 m. While not quite equal to his wish, the world-record holder ran a dramatic race, coming from third to catch the leaders at 60 m and then to pull away. The world's fastest man, usually brazen, cried openly during the medal ceremony...