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...that the Washington region ranks second only to Los Angeles in severity of snarls. The area is short on roads, bridges, ramps--everything but cars. Local police have begun to complain that well-heeled commuters blithely invade high-occupancy-vehicle lanes to save time; the $50 ticket doesn't slow many of these folks down. Traffic, says the NVTC's Backus, "is by far our biggest problem...
...always been cordial with me. He's considerate when I play with him. He's just a great guy." Tiger's agent and friend, Mark Steinberg, says that "as good a golfer as Tiger is, he's an even better person." O.K., so Tiger is Steinberg's meal ticket. But even those who have nothing invested in Woods find it hard not to be effusive. "He is a tremendously well-balanced young man," says South African veteran Gary Player, 64. "He is a gracious loser. He dresses well. He speaks well. He will be a great influence on generations...
...didn't. It's a risky calculation, of course, and its success is dependent on a forgiving electorate. Happily for Gore, while Clinton's personal approval ratings have never recovered from the Lewinsky affair, the President maintains extremely strong job approval scores. And that dichotomy could be Gore's ticket to success: Mention the personal, and then get out, quickly. Move on to the policy, the economics, the future...
...will undoubtedly be an asset to the ticket," said Robert R. Porter '00-'01, the chair of Harvard Students for Bush...
...selected Connecticut Senator Joseph I. Lieberman as his running mate, a storm of press coverage heralded the "bold" and "unprecedented" decision. Ordinarily cynical pundits praised Gore warmly for promoting tolerance and diversity in choosing Lieberman, the first Jew to run for vice president on a major party ticket. Jews across the country were said to be celebrating at the news. "From the kosher restaurants of Manhattan's Upper West Side to the corner shuls of Los Angeles' Pico-Robertson district," proclaimed the Los Angeles Times, "conversations on Monday turned to a single thought: He's one of ours...