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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...considering his underdog operation. He vanquished Romney in Iowa and had a surprisingly respectable showing in New Hampshire. And on Super Tuesday, he showed the real power of his upstart candidacy, winning three states that Romney had hoped to capture. But it was not enough to overcome the mortal blow he suffered in South Carolina, where he narrowly lost the evangelical-rich state to McCain, who had the help of Fred Thompson splitting the conservative base. Nevertheless, he fought on, campaigning hard in Virginia, Wisconsin and Texas. The delegate math, and entreaties from various Republican leaders for him to drop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Huckabee's Improbable Insurgency | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

Hillary Clinton's popular vote victories in Texas and Ohio fundamentally change the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in at least one important way: She's still in the race for the nomination. Clinton's long, arduous campaign might have ended abruptly if Obama delivered a knockout blow in either state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton Wins Big, but Math Is Troubling | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

...Unger three from the baseline puts Harvard within eight, but six straight from the Big Red blow it open. While the Crimson is lucky to get an open shot, it seems like everything Cornell puts up is finding a way in. Cornell 31, Harvard...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CRIMSON LIVE: Men's Basketball @ Cornell | 3/1/2008 | See Source »

...managed to edge her husband and two children out of the room and alone faced the intruders. Odhaib clawed the masks off three before they managed to get her by the hair and bludgeon her with the butt of a pistol. She remembers how the blood splattered with each blow. But in the end, the attackers walked away with nothing, even though a large amount of cash was stashed in the house. That story made her a local legend. Soon after, Odhaib was asked to run for a seat on the Karada District Council. She won and has since focused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mother Teresa of Baghdad | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...overly optimistic, but only captain Brad Unger will be leaving this year’s team. While that’s a blow, especially after the big man put up a combined 37 points this weekend, it’s nice to know that junior guard Drew Housman, junior forward Evan Harris, and sophomore guard Jeremy Lin will still be around—one year wiser and with the monkeys off their backs of having suffered through these poor stretches and getting some big victories...

Author: By Kevin C. Reyes, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE REYES REVIEW: Harvard Plagued By Strings of Losses | 2/27/2008 | See Source »

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