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...Knowles tactfully termed “gently unambiguous,” proved to be the sticking point with many senior faculty members, recalling the strong-willed tendencies of Summers’ tenure. This ultimately led to University President Drew G. Faust voicing doubt about Skocpol’s bid for the FAS deanship and, by many accounts, to Skocpol’s subsequent resignation when she realized her ambitions might not be realized...
...creation of UCRides.org was one of Hadfield’s campaign promises during his bid for the UC presidency. He intended it to be a way for students to save money...
...Italian mid-century design pieces, allowing more players to enter the game. "Because of the Internet, collecting design has become a pastime for a lot of people," says Krakoff. "Twenty-five years ago, the auctions were much less public. But now you can go on sites like 1stdibs.com and bid on them all over the world...
...unsuccessful) bid to secure the socialist party's nomination as its presidential candidate, Dominique Strauss-Kahn released this re-make of a 2006 summer hit. In a pretty danceable chorus, the former Finance Minister lays down his socialist credentials ("to the left, to the left...
...There's still time for another high-profile candidate to enter the race, perhaps lieutenant governor Mitch Landrieu, a Democrat and younger brother of U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu. He lost a bid to replace New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin last year. But the state's scrambled demographics could complicate matters: Hurricane Katrina cut the population of New Orleans, a Democratic stronghold, by half. And while many of those voters, mostly African-American, have resettled elsewhere in Louisiana, the dispersal will make it harder for Democrats to cobble together the coalition of black and Cajun votes that have traditionally helped them...