LEINART&#39;S LANDSLIDE
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It started to sink in for Matt Leinart as he shook the hands behind the stage. About two dozen past Heisman Trophy winners gathered in a ballroom here at the Hilton New York last night to welcome the newest member of their fraternity.
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THE ISSUE: While the race for the presidency is now a virtual dead-heat between President Bush and Democrat John Kerry, on Election Day it could turn into a landslide.
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Matt Leinart is putting off a decision on whether to jump to the NFL until after the Orange Bowl. The Heisman Trophy winner reiterated Friday that he isn't ruling out leaving Southern California after his junior season &#151; but he hasn't made up his mind.
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Southern California quarterback Matt Leinart has won the Heisman Trophy.
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The Republican PartyÃ¢ÂÂs effort to reclaim the congressional majorities it lost in the 2006 midterm elections was never going to be easy. But the past month has been a particularly rough patch for Republican campaign officials, with Minnesota Rep. Jim RamstadÃ¢ÂÂs announcement Monday that he will not run in 2008 the latest in a string of almost uniformly unpleasant news for the GOP.
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One leading candidate has been debilitated by what he said was an attempt to poison him.
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Absolutely preposterous. Dino Rossi&#39;s call for a rerun of the governor&#39;s election has no basis, at least so far. Christine Gregoire, Rossi&#39;s Democratic opponent, is now governor-elect as the result of a stunningly close election.
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French conservatives were headed for a  parliamentary landslide after a first round legislative  election on Sunday, bolstering President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s  plans to implement wide-ranging reforms.
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Matt Leinart is pleased with his smooth, quick transition to the NFL, but losing is unfamiliar and uncomfortable, even if it's early.
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Surprise. Underdog. Cinderella story. The media is calling Kurt Busch a lot of things these days but the title he&#39;d prefer is &#39;Champ.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s political opponents struggled on Tuesday to energize their campaign and prevent the French leader&#39;s rightwing party from winning a landslide victory in parliamentary elections.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s rightwing party was headed for a landslide victory in Sunday&#39;s parliamentary elections that will give him free rein to push through his bold reform programme.
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Â· Rightwing efforts to thwart former president fail  Â· Victory lays ground for clash with supreme leader
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The Newcastle coach leaves a legacy designed for the ascent of Alan Shearer, writes Henry Winter. The madness of St James&#39; was yesterday permeated with sadness.
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There are times in the life of a minority government when the biggest hurdle on the horizon is not a vote it stands to lose but rather one it can&#39;t avoid winning.
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Like Australia&#39;s recent election, the American election was a study in contrasting campaign styles and issues. In both elections a conservative incumbent, who was loathed by elites, triumphed on the day.
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PETER CAVE: When Andrew Peacock comprehensively beat him for the Liberal leadership, John Howard described the prospect of a comeback as &quot;Lazarus with a triple bypass&quot;.