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Whether or not Barack Obama goes on to win the nomination - and let's not forget in the afterglow that this is truly an open question - his field army will endure and, because of their immense skill, they will bend the political process to their will in years to come. And years from now, when they meet in the corridors of power or academia or at the inevitable reunions, they'll look at each other and smile, and they won't even have to say the words: We did something amazing back in Iowa, on January 3, 2008, didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Historic Victory | 1/4/2008 | See Source »

...They’ll always come up with a very creative, innovative way to bend the rule[s],” Einkauf says...

Author: By Victoria B. Kabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Laying Down the Law | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

Number of acres of Texas' Big Bend National Park--a portion known as the Christmas Mountains--being auctioned off. The rare move could put state wildlife preserves in the hands of a private buyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Nov. 19, 2007 | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...book The Trouser People (Penguin; 2003) is the definitive account of modern Burmese society. Andrew arrived in Rangoon just in time to catch the uprising at its most optimistic: the monks had been joined by thousands of ordinary Burmese, infused with hope that they would get the junta to bend and perhaps break. Andrew joined the crowds, marveling at the courage and candor of the protesters. "After years of sneaking around this country," he says, "talking in whispers, always aware of the trouble I might cause the Burmese who dared speak to me, it was extraordinary to stand amid these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hope and Despair | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

...glows when he brings it to his mouth.Two audience members decide that they want to sing along, and stand behind the additional three-foot-tall puppets. When they find the microphones to be too short, Newell says, “Take that taxpayer position. That’s right: bend over.”When he’s not performing a show, Newell is willing to talk about the American penal system or “slave labor” in America with anyone who wants to listen. The topic of American injustices has kept him in Harvard Square...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BEAT OF THE STREET | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

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