Editorial urges end to election madness as Gore urged to concede
The piece calls for Vice President Al Gore to concede to George W. Bush after Florida certified a 537 vote Bush win. It condemns ongoing court battles, urges respecting the certified tally, notes Florida's 25 electoral votes and warns the nation remains divided while Gore pursues legal challenges.
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al Gore
George W. Bush
Florida
Supreme Court
Bush
Gore
Sec. of State
Katherine Harris
Florida Supreme
Bill Clinton
White House
Democratic Party
Aiken and Silver Bluff vie for state title in football
Aiken High School and Silver Bluff High School both advance to state championships this weekend at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. Aiken faces Greenwood Friday seeking redemption from last year's 35-0 loss. Silver Bluff meets Abbeville Saturday in Class AA. Coaches Carey Johnson and Al Lown aim for trophies. both schools push for another era of glory.
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Arely
Schiol
Aiken County
Aiken High School
Silver Bluff High School
Williams-Brice Stadium
Columbia
Aiken
Greenwood
Carey Johnson
Green Hornets
al Lown
Silver Bluff Bulldogs
Abbeville High School
Bulldogs
Johnson
U S antitrust authority shares with EU urged
Charlottesville report notes Joel Klein of the DoJ urges greater international cooperation in antitrust regulation. The proposal favors policy alignment on cartels and mergers without creating a new agency or WTO involvement, promoting information sharing and work sharing between U S and EU authorities to reduce duplication and slim government.
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Charlottesville
Joel Klein
Department of Justice
Justice Department
International Competition Policy Advisory Committee
Klein
Antitrust
World Trade Organization
Archer Daniels Midland
United States
European Union
European antitrust push sparks debate on global regulation
The piece argues Europe, led by EU Commissioner Mario Monti, seeks US styled antitrust power to break up firms and expand merger review. Critics warn of mission creep, bureaucratic overreach, and harm to reallocations, urging scrapping the current apparatus.
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Dover
Del
Europe
United States
European Union
European Commission
EU Competiton
Mario Monti
Yale University
Jacques Bougie
Alcan Aluminum
Democracy in decline and election chaos critique
A letter cites Alexander Tyler on democracy's fragility and argues Gore's defeat shows political chaos and loss of trust in institutions. Victor Fricke condemns efforts to overturn Florida results and praises Bush's victory as legitimate, urging accountability and restraint in government transition.
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Silver Bluff
Scott B. Hunter
Ellen
Timothy E. O'Briant
Loupersner
Ames R. Bennett Jr
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Cesi Myers
Garth R. Groshans
J. David Boyd
U.S
Eben
Geez
George Stigler
Harvard Business Review
Garry Wills
Alexander Tyler
Tyler
Athenian Republic
Richard Ostrowski
Albert Gore Jr
Clinton
Mr. Bush
Victor Fricke Aiken
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