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...successful seasons. “I think he just wants to make the whole atmosphere very professional,” Millock said. “In the past, we have not had a unified direction for the team and having a new coach this year might give us a bump we need to become an elite program rather than a top-20 program.” Clark will also be able to relate to his new geographical location thanks to his New Hampshire roots in which he grew up as a Boston Red Sox and Celtics fan, which cannot hurt...
...this, of course, costs money. The Bush Administration has increased the State Department budget by 25% since 2005, but the department is still moving at a snail's pace toward achieving its goals. Even with next year's requested bump, the average embassy will still have a staffing shortfall this year of 20%. The State Department has never recovered from a hiring freeze on new foreign service officers in the mid-1990s when more diplomats were retiring than were brought...
...Dale Earnhardt Jr. is in the lead for another win at Daytona, would you bump him and take out your team member? -Gary Smith UNION GROVE, WIS.No. If I'm going to win, I'm go ing to try to race as cleanly as I can. I can't say there's not going to be bumping and some banging. Let's hope it's all the kind that gets you to the finish line still in one piece...
...Thursday morning, the polls showed a slight advantage for McCain, but pollsters were not putting much stock in the numbers. For weeks, opinions in South Carolina have been bouncing around, first with a bump for McCain after New Hampshire, then with a bump for Thompson after last week's debate, and more recently some slippage for McCain after his loss in Michigan. "It's muddy," said David Woodard, who polls the state at Clemson University...
...rated showcase, mean to the "little" films that get nominations. The HFPA may have lots of stars, and several blockbusters, among their finalists; but like every critics' group it wants to remember the neediest, to reward the little movies that could. Producers of indie films often factor the "Globes bump" into their production and marketing budgets. Exposure on the Globes program puts their product in front of millions of new eyes and can mean millions at the box office...