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...send to the Electoral College and count on House Republican strongman Tom DeLay to make sure they get seated; when an angry mob showed up to pound on the doors of the offices where Miami-Dade canvassers were meeting; when a brick flew through a Democratic Party office window in Broward County with a note warning, "We will not tolerate any illegal government." Prospects that were unimaginable one day become probable the next: it will go to the House, no, to the Senate; Gore will cast the tie-break vote; Could Strom Thurmond end up President? Dick Cheney's fourth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: Bush's Contested Lead | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

Serendipity intervenes: in the London summer of 1928, an open window in a hospital lab lets in a spore that settles on a staphylococcus-culture dish left unwashed. A mold grows and contaminates the staphylococcus. The lab user returns. Because he's bacteriologist Alexander Fleming, and because his lab has not been cleaned, penicillin is discovered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inventors & Inventions | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

Illingworth said he approved HSI's request to use amplification because the group's rally occurred during that one-hour window. He said he rejected SAS' application because the group wanted to use amplifying devices earlier in the afternoon...

Author: By Ross A. Macdonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Protest Leads College to Change Mic Policy | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...occasion - although for some reason it's Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks rather than His Hot Licks - and the album is studded with guest appearances from Elvis Costello, Bette Midler, Brian Setzer, Ricki Lee Jones and Tom Waits. But worthy though their contributions may be, they are mostly window dressing; Midler's terrific vocal on "Strike It While It's Hot" notwithstanding, nothing here really needs the star wattage to justify it. Hicks has written a batch of tunes as strong as any he's ever recorded; along with the Midler duet highlights include "My Cello...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hicks' Licks a Hit Pick | 11/30/2000 | See Source »

...impossible for one school to change a multibillion dollar industry," Feinstein said. "What the Ivy League provides is a window into a different world of college athletics. The players play because they love to play, not to be on SportsCenter, and that's what sports is supposed...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Small Leagues Can Save Big-Time College Athletics | 11/30/2000 | See Source »

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