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...Just how organized is Barack Obama's vaunted campaign ground operation? Consider this: Last minute door hanger campaign ads placed on homes in Central Florida by Obama operatives are personalized precinct-by-precinct. On the back of the hanger, under detailed instructions on how to vote, in a block titled "Where You Vote," is the name of the building, street address and precinct number of the resident's polling place. Getting voters to the correct precinct is no minor issue. In the close 2000 presidential election, more than a million registered voters were turned away from the polls because...
...city's most overcrowded precinct - in the heart of the bustling Chinatown - the lunchtime line snaked far around the corner of the block at the Chinese Christian Church at 10th and Spring streets. Easily a hundred people waited in line as a cold, and previously unpredicted, rain began to fall. The precinct was supposed to have only around 1,200 voters on the rolls but wound up this year with more than 4,000. Christy Kam, 26, a dance instructor, waited in line for more than an hour to cast her first-ever vote, only to discover that...
...Cambridge that offers low-income teens mentoring, college preparation, and scholarships. In 2008, it served 130 students, leading to a high school graduation rate of 100 percent and a college matriculation rate of 92 percent. But that wasn’t enough to save it from the chopping block. The program just had its state earmark of $150,000 cut in half, and this is only one of a series of cuts to vital social services in the Cambridge community. Budget decreases for Work Force have been mirrored by cuts for the Community Computer Center and programs that offer support...
...against the Bears as opposed to its .147 attack percentage against Yale the previous night. McKinley led the game with 17 kills, and sophomore Mikaelle Cormie followed close behind by contributing 15. The Crimson’s front row defense stepped up its game. After posting only one block on Friday, the corps posted six on Saturday. “Defense has always been one of our stronger things for our team,” freshman Christine Wu said. In the first game, the two teams traded points until Harvard was jump-started by junior co-captain Kat Kocurek?...
Harvard went back to work with the running attack. With a couple of scrambles by Pizzotti and a 31-yard carry by sophomore running back Gino Gordon, the Crimson found itself in the end zone once again. With a great block by Luft, Pizzotti scored his second rushing touchdown of the day and put Harvard up 17-0 with 1:59 remaining in the first half...