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Rival campaigns immediately scrambled to prove that Dean's breakthrough meant little. "Nobody has ever doubted the intensity of Dean's support," says Jim Jordan, campaign manager for Kerry. "The question is, Can he broaden it?" Dean, meanwhile, is quick to downplay the notion that his rise is only a cybersurge: "The Internet is a tool, not a campaign platform...
...actually been in combat would ever say such a thing. You don't invite the enemy to attack your troops." But he didn't. After July 4, both Kerry and Dean held campaign-strategy retreats-and then staged a nifty little minuet, reversing styles in an attempt to broaden their appeal. Kerry attempted anger. At a house party in Concord on Tuesday, he said he was "angry" no fewer than seven times and added that if Bush is to be beaten, "We're going to have to get up off our asses and work." I think I gasped. On Thursday...
...Connor says other traits bring diversity too. But let's be honest here. Growing up on a farm in Arizona might help broaden a resume, but checking "black" has the effect of leapfrogging me over many comparable applicants gunning for a prestigious school or job. Although I'm sure my race improved my odds of being admitted to Yale and hired at TIME, I don't carry around the "stigma" that Justice Clarence Thomas claims all blacks do because of affirmative action, wondering if they received a benefit based on merit or race. For me, the question has never been...
...typically the U.S. is the first to emerge from a global slump. Small stocks also tend to get hit hardest in a recession as investors move to the safety of blue chips, so small stocks have more room to bounce back as the recovery takes hold and investors broaden their holdings. "When you are coming out of a tough economy and off a market bottom, the cyclical recovery in earnings tends to be strongest with small caps," says Jack Laporte, president of the T. Rowe Price New Horizons fund. Some of his favorite holdings are retailers (Ann Taylor), business services...
...felt for many years, I was so committed to this work and bringing it to this point,” Gilligan said at the time. “My realization that [the research] will broaden and expand—it frees me to leave...