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...Democrats have tended to be more unified on those days when Republicans are shouting about Gore's theft of the election or stirring up heavy-handed protests in Florida. Another chance for Democratic unity may come this week, if the Republican-controlled Florida legislature meets in a special session to consider naming a slate of Bush electors to be sent to the Electoral College--regardless of the outcome of Gore's contest. These legislators are some of Bush's most loyal servants, willing to send the Bush electors to Washington on Dec. 18 even if the Florida courts decide Gore...
...sooner had Gore won the right to a recount than the Republican counteroffensive began--even though many states, including Texas, consider hand counts to be reliable. The judges who endorsed the recounts were denounced as biased; the exhausted counters were accused of attempting an in-broad-daylight theft of the presidency--even though Palm Beach County turned up far fewer extra Gore votes than anyone expected because of their stricter rules about counting dimpled ballots. Democrats were also stunned by Nassau County, a G.O.P. stronghold, which decided on Friday to use its initial election-night vote count rather than...
Based on part of a Wang Du Lu novel from the 1930s, the script by James Schamus, Wang Huiling and Tsai Kuojung concerns the theft of a sword, the Green Destiny. This is the holy weapon of Li Mubai (Chow), a legendary warrior looking for peace in his later days. He entrusts the sword to Yu Shulien (Yeoh), a gifted martial artist with whom he shares an unspoken love. Then Jen (Zhang), daughter of a political bigwig, arrives, and everything tips off-balance. The wiser, more cautious adults sense Jen's avidity for rare and dangerous toys like the Green...
BARK, BUT NO BITE INVENTOR: ROBERT FAIRALL Dogs are great theft deterrents; they also tend to smell bad and demand Richard Simmons levels of affection. The Barking Bone aims to scare away the bad guys while still keeping canine-hating homeowners sane. Fairall implanted a motion sensor inside a giant, apparently gnawed, dog bone made of solid resin. When the sensor is tripped, a sound chip emits a low growl followed by a torrent of ferocious barking...
...formative event of my moral-political life. Perhaps, after all, the problem is not that the election is so bizarrely close, or so messy; or even that either way it is decided, the result will seem, to exactly half of the American people, to have been an act of theft. No, the greater problem is that whichever of these two men ends in the White House, we are going to get a mediocre president. He will have a high hill to climb to persuade us otherwise...