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Others, like Bush’s point about higher teen-age drug use, are ntially correct butfall short of telling the whole'story. It almost does not seemto mat- “The voice of power and authority_is with me,” Murray intoned, slipping into the spirit of a Stats Warrior. “If you argue with me, you're actually arguing against things as they are.” SIDING natn ers go back behind bars in three years, Gore claimed in a slam on Bush's “revolving door” justice system. Drug use byteen-agers has hurled at adebate with all the certitude of a Zeus. ! : 1 ¢ Vinyl Siding © Eaves & Overhangs at 1335 West 7800 South ¢ Seamless Raingutter in WestJordan, Utah 84088 I I Way Paw? 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