Word: tugged
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...game was a tug-of-war affair early, with neither team asserting itself. With six minutes remaining in the half, Harvard was tied with Colgate...
...courtroom as they have been this weekend, but these two have the court of public opinion to worry about. And so, by the time the biggest mini-trial in electoral history slouched to a close Sunday night in Tallahassee (boiling down anew into a 14,000-vote legal tug-of-war between David Boies and Barry Richard), George W. Bush had sent his main man out of the bunker to turn up the heat. Al Gore, over in his bunker, acted like it tickled...
While George W. Bush and Al Gore were engaging in their historic presidential tug-of-war, TIME was also making a change of leadership, although without any rancor and contentiousness. I am pleased to report that Walter Isaacson, who has been managing editor of TIME for the past five years, will become editorial director of Time Inc., the Time Warner division that publishes more than 40 magazines, including TIME, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, PEOPLE, FORTUNE, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, MONEY and INSTYLE. Walter's successor as TIME's 15th managing editor will be Jim Kelly, who is moving up from his role as deputy...
Sometimes when two children fight over a precious toy, they squabble and yowl and tug at the treasure until a grownup steps in, separates them and awards it to one or the other. And sometimes by then, the toy turns out to be broken, and the winner ends up as sad and bitter as the loser...
...presidency isn't broken, at least not yet. Bill Clinton's impeachment proved how sturdy the office still is. But as Al Gore and George W. Bush squabble and tug and await the outcome in Florida, the office of the 43rd President is being diminished. Even before the Gore campaign threatened to settle this election in court and the Bush team went after an injunction against hand-counting votes, it was obvious that the winner would face profound questions of illegitimacy and have a weak grip on presidential power--which is, after all, merely on loan from the voters...