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...year veteran of Harvard, Huntington held one of 21 prestigious University professorships. In his long and distinguished career, Huntington also advised then-Vice President Hubert Humphrey during his 1968 bid for the presidency, co-founded the magazine Foreign Policy, and twice served as chair of Harvard's government department...
...backing of his daughter's career has sparked some criticism, especially during her 2002 bid for the AG's office. Of all the races that year, hers was the single candidacy endorsed by the state Democratic Party and the only one it helped to fund. The now 42-year-old former state senator and lawyer, a graduate of Georgetown and (like her dad) Loyola Law School, took some degree of heat for her inexperience when she won the post; it didn't help matters that she had to return $25,000 in campaign donations from what turned...
...short, Birkett claimed, Lisa Madigan attempted to dislodge her rival, whom she never endorsed during his 2006 re-election bid, from office. Well before the Blagojevich case broke, her office opened probes into hiring practices in the governor's office - an investigation she reportedly turned over to the feds in 2006 at Fitzgerald's request. Madigan also earned a regional reputation for attacking the local meth problem by coordinating with other states to help blunt the siege of the drug and impose tough penalties on people buying ingredients to produce it, and a national profile for going after such mortgage...
...playing its worst game of the season against Siena, USC was nearly pulling out a win against No. 8 Duke. The Trojans had built a 17-point second half lead Friday night, only to go down in overtime to the Blue Devils. While Harvard’s upset bid ended in a 95-74 defeat, the team’s performance was much improved from the previous night. “We responded really well against USC,” Delaney-Smith said. “Player for player, they have more speed, size, and athleticism...
This month the game is looking frenzied. On Dec. 1, Ryanair made a $1 billion takeover bid for Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus, the second such offer from Ireland's no-frills airline in as many years. The Irish carrier has rebuffed the offer, but shareholders have until Jan. 5 to decide. (See TIME's Top 10 business deals...