December 13, 2000:
American Vice President Al Gore delivers his concession speech effectively ending his hopes of becoming the 43rd President of the United States.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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