Word: tacks
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...told Gore questioner Stephen Zack. Some styluses were particularly apt to leave chad behind. Some people voted with the card on top of the machine, and only left dimples. Sometimes the chad basin filled up so high that punching through was futile. And Brace never missed an opportunity to tack a Gore talking point at the end of observations. The scanner misses votes, so all the votes in Maimi-Dade must be counted by hand, "the only way of absolutely knowing for sure" who won. Thank you, Kimball...
...style his team displays in Florida, the way he described this election as a question of whether "good overcomes evil"--that kind of tone won't win votes or influence people. Even some of Gore's aides wonder if he is nimble and flexible enough to execute the two-tack governing style that divided government would require. "The best case is that the Republicans would shift back and forth between cooperation and obstruction, depending on the issue," says a Gore adviser. "There would be wins and losses. Can he put his arm around Trent Lott at a bill-signing ceremony...
...able to see past the ensuing Tiger blitz. Just before being leveled by Princeton linebackers, Rose knifed a pass to senior tight end Chris Stakich at the 25-yard line. Stakich turned and, shielded by solid Crimson blocking, turned the short gain into a score. Harvard would later tack on another touchdown, sophomore tailback Matt Leiszler's third...
...from exile in Jordan, built himself a nice power base in the West Bank Tanzim until Arafat slapped his face a year ago for daring to challenge the Palestinian Authority. Then Arafat elevated another activist, Hussein Sheikh, to take over Barghouti's work among Fatah. And then Arafat changed tack again, publicly kissing Barghouti on the forehead late this summer. Both men claim to lead the Tanzim, both see their prominence in the violence as the path to power. Add to them the radicals of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, bent on wiping out Israel--and diminishing Arafat's authority...
...calmly completed a five yard pass to Eric Johnson to put Yale ahead for good. The extra point made it 17-14 and Yale would later tack on a 79 yard TD run by Rashad Bartholomew to seal the victory...