Word: arizona
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...proved to be the more volatile of the two vice-presidential candidates, with 40 percent saying that the choice made them less likely to support the Republican ticket. Twenty-five percent said that McCain’s choice of Palin made them more likely to vote for the Arizona senator. On the other hand, 60 percent of those surveyed said that Obama’s choice of Joe Biden made no difference in their voting behavior...
After decades of exodus, the tide of Irish migration took a definitive turn in the late 1980s, when the Irish diaspora started to come home. Maebh Walsh was one of those who returned. The 49-year-old designer decided to move back to Dublin after years living in Arizona. Walsh says living abroad for so long caused her family to return "more aware of our background and our 'Irishness.' So when we came back in 1988 and had children, we wanted them to have our culture...
From the Magna Carta to the Bill of Rights to Miranda v. Arizona, western legal systems have been making steady progress toward providing the accused with sufficient due process in the name of justice. While the guarantee of defendants’ rights has fortunately caught on in much of the world, the Administrative Board of Harvard College remains an unfortunate exception. Since its establishment in 1890, the Ad Board has operated under rules and restrictions that are fundamentally unfair to students. When students are called before the Ad Board, the deck is clearly stacked against them. Students are not allowed...
...percentage points from earlier this month, when a similar poll showed the two tied at 49%. In Nevada, Obama expanded his lead to 51% to McCain's 46%, up 1 percentage point from September. Similarly, in the crucial swing state of Ohio, Obama leads the Arizona Senator by a 50% to 46% margin, an increase of 1 percentage point from his lead earlier this month. In Virginia, a state that increasingly looks to be solidly in Obama's corner, the Illinois Senator remains 10 percentage points ahead, 54% to 44%. Still, Obama's ability to make inroads in red states...
...Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, however, is fighting in Arizona in an attempt to protect gay marriage's sole Election Day success story. They've been involved in California too, though Wilfore says things there could go either way, in part because it's unclear what impact Senator Barack Obama's popularity in the state will have on the gay-marriage vote. Blacks and Hispanics, she says, are likely to vote with conservatives on gay marriage, but young people of all backgrounds tend to vote the other way. Which group will prove dominant is anyone's guess, she says...