No, just California, where 1.4m adults—out of a potential electorate of almost 22m have set up an election to recall their Democratic governor, Gray Davis; and where 135 candidates, from serious politicians to grandstanding pornographers, are contending on a special ballot to replace him.
That generation of young fans has moved on, and the landscape has changed; and the present generation must contend on a larger scale with the repeated disillusionment inflicted by the increasing frequency of sports heroes who are crossing the line into moral and legal transgressions.
As the lead agency on the project, for instance, the commission was required under the California Environmental Quality Act to fully assess the project's potential impact but failed to do so -- the lawsuit contends -- on a variety of fronts, including air quality and greenhouse gas emissions.
Villagers in the town of Lopburi contend on a daily basis with >1,000 long-tailed macaques who spill out from the Pra Prang Sam Yot temple.
He contends on a theoretical basis that SOC is relatively stabilized by the end of young adulthood and is thereafter affected only slightly positively or negatively by major life events.
Under the Sayyid dynasty (c. 1414 51) the sultanate was reduced to a country power continually contending on an equal footing with other petty Muslim and Hindu principalities.
If the fledgling designers invited to participate in a Generation Africa presentation — a spotlight event on the Pitti roster — were not quite prepared to contend on an equal basis with their North American and European competitors, their presence here alerted the assembled fashion news media to something global business has known for some time.
The White House has been defending itself against critics such as Smith -- who contended on Monday that an outside lawyer is needed to "uncover the truth about whether politics played a role in influencing the Obama administration to favor Solyndra" -- saying that all technology ventures come with some level of risk.
Asked later Wednesday whether it was true that the dealership had at some point "decided not to move forward" with contract negotiations, as Miller's representative had contended on Monday, Flynn issued a second statement to The Times.
