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...been cool toward him before. Likewise, regarding key questions - like, Whom do you trust to improve the economy, be Commander in Chief, handle taxes or handle the housing crisis? - Obama leads McCain in recent polls. Obama endures. He grows on you. He is the new kid on the block you decide not to like but find yourself secretly admiring and then openly supporting. In future elections, politicians will have to factor in the Obama effect. Lynn Capehart, Los Angeles...
...Whether pulling up for a three-pointer from an extra foot away or going to work on the low block with newly found space, Crimson players, young and old, will have to take on the new challenge of a 20’, 9’’ three-point line in their pursuit of the 2008-09 Ancient Eight crown...
...will be improving its offensive level of play, and that starts down low with its corps of forwards. Three-year starter Katie Rollins and Emma Moretzsohn—Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith’s first forward off the bench— will need some help on the block this season after the graduation of leading rebounder Adrian Budischak ’08. Sophomores Emma Markley and Claire Wheeler, both of whom got plenty of minutes last season, will compete to fill the void in the starting lineup and combine to make up the difference on the boards...
...During the campaign, ultra-orthodox candidate Porush seemed a sure winner. Traditionally, the haredim vote in a solid block, obedient to their rabbis. But Porush, a snowy-bearded, autocratic "prince" of a political-religious dynasty, had angered many Hassidic Ger rabbis, known for wearing black, long-tailed robes and boxy fur hats even during the sweltering summer heat. For generations, the Porush family and the Ger have been rivals inside the cloistered Haredi community...
...mayor may have trouble delivering such a secular 'miracle'. Taken together, ultra-orthodox parties will still be the largest block in Jerusalem's city council. In order to win over the large religious Zionist vote, Barkat, a former city councilman, swung from the center to the far right, campaigning on promises to build more Jewish settlements in Arab East Jerusalem. U.S. administrations and the international community have repeatedly said that these settlements are an obstacle to peace between Israelis and Palestinians...