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...turning point for Kimberlin came with an idea to attract attention. Before the 2004 presidential election, he contacted the wealthy head of a foundation in Ohio who practiced transcendental meditation with Kimberlin's sister. After the vote, with a pledge from the benefactor, Kimberlin posted on justicethroughmusic.org a $100,000 reward for any evidence that the election had been stolen. And things took off. First, the reward attracted blogger Brad Friedman, who then co-founded the netroots voting-reform website VelvetRevolution.us with Kimberlin and serves as his face man. The reward attracted other donors (including a politically active relative...
...airplane. During a charity golf event, the President's wildly errant tee shot conked a spectator. Such slips wouldn't have mattered a few years earlier, before the ubiquity of TV. Unfortunately for Ford, NBC had launched an experimental live-action comedy show called Saturday Night Live, designed to attract an audience of irreverent younger viewers. Chevy Chase, one of the original cast members, began playing Ford in skits and taking elaborate, deadpan tumbles, leaving the props and set in shambles. Viewers howled...
...skewed playing field, hurting Harvard in the eyes of the public and potential applicants, who are turned away because Harvard has already admitted almost half of its class. Because of this, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 has said that Harvard may attract more high quality applicants without an early admissions program...
...attract high-caliber people into the teaching profession, a new career ladder should be introduced that raises pay for new teachers and includes rising rungs of merit pay. The report proposes to pay for these changes by phasing out today's lavish teacher retirement packages and moving toward benefits that more closely match those in private industry...
...Aghazadeh, a member of parliament, expressed skepticism about the Azerbaijani government’s genuine intention to democratize, suggesting that government officials merely “create the perception that there are factors for democratization.” Aghazadeh said that Azerbaijan’s strategic importance might attract international support for democratization. “Azerbaijan is a key country,” he said. “If it falls, the axis between Russia and Iran could dominate the region between the Caucasus and Central Asia.” But some audience members questioned Aghazadeh?...