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...openly questioned Obama's patriotism during the course of the campaign. Some bloggers and activists argue that the Connecticut independent should have lost his chairmanship not because of his past behavior but because he could use the powerful committee - which has jurisdiction and subpoena power over the Executive Branch - to make trouble for Obama. To strengthen his bargaining position, Lieberman had threatened to bolt to the Republican caucus if he lost his committee chair...
...visible reminder to Harvard students staff and faculty that even though we are recycling which is good news, we are still generating a lot of trash,” said Robert Gogan, manager of recycling & waste services in Facilities Maintenance Operations who worked with REPs—a branch of the Harvard Office for Sustainability—to coordinate Mt. Trashmore. The heap had a 12-foot pole, indicating what the height of the pile would be without recycling. There were also various signs surrounding the trash with recycling tidbits, such as the fact that a ton of trash costs...
...infants and supported six completed adoptions at this orphanage. Robert A. Maginn, who is the chairman of the Janzabar Foundation, called the fundraiser a “triple win,” benefitting the orphans, the students that participate in helping them, and Harvard College. HCC, the first college branch of a national organization founded by Matthew A. Dalio ’06, has raised nearly $200,000 since its inception in 2003, according to the HCC President Sherri Y. Geng ’09. The group has used this money to provide funding for surgeries, adoptions, and other operational...
...into the fertile earth, was now inaudible. Roxanna, praying softly to herself, came over the top of a small hill and saw the river. No, not the river, although it was there. What she saw was a pale lump of flesh perched horribly astride a thick branch which reached over the river. She had seen the man before, she knew the blotchy complexion of his torso. It was Frederick. He was naked, weeping, singing, and frenetically stripping bark from the branch in little strips. They fell into the stream and floated gently away, heedless of Frederick’s wracking...
Does hiring Emanuel mean Obama will be bringing in mostly old Clinton hands to populate offices in the West Wing and Cabinet agencies? Not necessarily. The Democratic bench is deep, but it is deep in large part because so many Democrats earned Executive Branch experience during the eight years of the Clinton presidency. It would be absurd to imagine Obama bypassing all of that experience in the name of bringing in only fresh blood. Undoubtedly, Obama will also bring in loyal campaign staffers and advisers who are not Clinton-era veterans. But installing someone like Emanuel to anchor the White...