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...racist and a misanthrope. He remained socially awkward and unable to control his emotions or impulses. He did have some friends, but most of the platoon viewed him less as a class clown and more as the village idiot - occasionally entertaining as spectacle, but best kept at an arm's-length...
...House Republican Conference chairman Mike Pence claimed last Friday that Obama's visit to talk to the GOP caucus had validated their contention that they have legitimate policy ideas of their own. But there is no doubt that the obstructionist strategy helped bolster the beleaguered fiscal-conservative arm of the Republican Party. After eight years of growing the government under the Bush Administration, creating new entitlements and funding bridges to nowhere, their reputation was in shreds. "It was a very dangerous strategy because, if the stimulus worked, the Republicans would have been very vulnerable," says John Feehery, a Republican strategist...
...refusing to change his style for 11:35 p.m., he implicitly rejected the late-night tradition. But hopefully, with a contract barring his return to television until September, Conan will use the time to pick up the pieces of his franchise and muster up the confidence to arm his jests next time with the caustic social commentary that America has always looked to late night to provide...
...senior who was hired by the investment banking arm at Goldman Sachs only received his offer only after aggressively pursuing the firm, he told The Crimson. He and other students interviewed for this article asked to remain anonymous in order to preserve their relationships with firms and because hiring decisions are a sensitive topic in the student body...
Although the institute eschews commercialism - the Sundance Institute's stated mission emphasizes discovering independent artists - a variety of enterprises have carried the Sundance name over the decades. The Institute launched a cable-TV arm, the Sundance Channel, in 1996 to air films, documentaries and original series commercial-free. There is also a Sundance mail-order catalog selling home decorations, gifts and clothing; a Sundance resort in Sundance, Utah; and most recently, Sundance cinemas in San Francisco and Madison, Wis. (See the top 10 films...