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...appointments to the Supreme Court. But FDR did wield the privilege of his birth at times. His first presidential nomination was orchestrated by fellow Harvardian and millionaire real estate speculator named Joseph P. Kennedy, class of 1912. Kennedy’s machinations behind the scenes won FDR the California delegation during the Democratic primary.THE CHARISMATIC CATHOLICWhile he never captured an elected office, Joe Kennedy bequeathed his political hopes to his sons, both of whom attended Harvard. John F. Kennedy ’40 arrived in Cambridge under the shadow of both his father and his brother, Joseph P. Kennedy...
...Review.” Last year, the Law Review instituted a new technology chair to expand the journal’s publications in law and technology. Although the chair remains “nebulous,” it represents an avenue of potential expansion, Huey said. Huey, a California native, graduated from Harvard College in 2006 with a degree in physics and math. She is pursuing a joint-degree from the Kennedy School and the Law School. —Staff writer Elias J. Groll can be reached at egroll@fas.harvard.edu...
...hybrid court, which includes national and international judges and elements of international and domestic law, took years to hammer out, and on more than one occasion had many believing that the tribunal would never take place. Recent research conducted by the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley, found that of 1,000 Cambodians interviewed, fewer than one in 10 knew that five regime suspects have been awaiting trial. And only 3.3% of respondents could name the court's five detainees: Duch, former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary, Sary's wife, former social affairs minister Ieng Thirith...
...Already equipped with a powerful roster of statewide co-chairs and political endorsements - and a history of big-time fundraising - Whitman and her team looked anything but exploratory. Whitman, 52, was a national co-chair and money magnet for the McCain/Palin ticket in 2008. In a statement, she said, "California faces challenges unlike any other time in its history - a weak and faltering economy, massive job losses and an exploding state budget deficit. California is better than this, and I refuse to stand by and watch it fail. Now is the time for people across the state to join...
Brown, who expects the Republican billionaires to enter the race, said he's betting that voters aren't looking for a new California. Ideas, even if borrowed from an earlier time, will be fine, so long as they work. "[Voters] want a campaign based on hope but grounded in common sense," he said. "They don't need a grab bag of alluring ideas. They want realism...