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Republicans have no better asset with their base than Bush himself, and in gubernatorial elections in Kentucky and Mississippi three weeks ago, they gave their strategy a test drive. Bush swooped into both states the weekend before the election, and after he spoke, 2,500 volunteers were loaded on buses, given cold water and sandwiches and sent to precincts to knock on doors. Armed with PDAs that had been fed over the course of the campaign with precise information about the interests of those on the other side of the doors, the volunteers came prepared with individualized talking points...
...government's message is decidedly mixed. Cracking down too hard on debtors could throttle economic growth. After encouraging citizens to binge borrow, the government is now in effect making it possible for some to walk away from their obligations. The Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO), a public agency set up after the Asian financial crisis to dispose of bad corporate debt, recently assumed $5.48 billion in delinquent accounts from shaky card companies. KAMCO plans to write off up to 30% of the principal, extend the payment periods to a maximum of eight years and redeem the credit records of debtors...
...just took it upon himself as a senior to take the next step physically,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy says. “And even that was compromised a little bit by [his] breaking his arm…He’s been a huge asset to us defensively...
...He’s been a huge asset to the team, he’s just a pleasure to be around, such a great kid,” Murphy says. “Well, it’s hard to say ‘kid’ because he’s our first married Harvard student and our oldest...
...think, with the number of veterans we had, that he would get much of a shot as a true freshman,” Murphy says, “just because you’d think he’d make too many mistakes to be an asset...