Word: using
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...weight of it, the regret and relief and resolve, when Bush rose last Wednesday night with tears in his eyes and promised, "I will work to earn your respect," all but admitting it does not just come with the job when you win this way. But could anyone possibly use this to greater advantage than George W. Bush...
...plans: wildflowers over there and maybe a feeder to attract some wildlife. Laura is growing a patch of native grasses. Bush is quick to point out, though, that more than enough cedar has been left for the golden-cheek warbler and the black-capped vireo, which use its bark for their nests...
However politically motivated it may or may not be, the majority decision in Bush v. Gore, on its face, is a ringing affirmation of equal protection. Election lawyers should be able to use it to challenge all disparities in voting machines and Election Day procedures from here on. For instance, Florida's black voters--whose ballots were thrown out at a far higher rate than whites--could use it as the basis for a challenge to Florida's election practices. "This Supreme Court wasn't intending to create the broadest new voting right since one person, one vote," says University...
Bush also learned to let go of things he couldn't control. In Texas, aides say, he was used to managing a relatively small staff and dealing with a press corps whose members he got to know personally. The size of his campaign operation and the unpredictability of the national press corps rattled Bush at first. Early on, when asked if he had ever used illegal drugs, Bush refused to answer. Then when he was hit with a series of cleverly posed questions about whether he could have cleared White House background checks, he didn't know how to handle...
...remaining 4 percent use some mixture of the above...