Word: campaign
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Over the next few years, I encourage you to try and do the same. Your own path may not necessarily involve working on a long-shot presidential campaign. My boss, David M. Axelrod, worked the midnight shift at the Chicago Tribune, covering car accidents and murders. His boss, President Obama, left a lucrative job in New York to organize communities on the South Side of Chicago. Both men would agree that the unorthodox choices they made early in life gave them insights and experiences they’ve cherished ever since...
During his tenure, Light oversaw the renovation of the Baker Library, the completion of the $600 million capital campaign, and the creation of the 2+2 program, which allows rising seniors to apply and, if accepted, work for two years after graduation before matriculating...
...while not all the squads were able to make the jump from the bottom of the pack to the middle, and the team as a whole stayed planted in ninth all season, the 2010 campaign gave reason for optimism across the board. Now that the team has achieved single-digit finishes, a surge to eighth and beyond doesn’t seem out of reach...
Raskin added that young people’s enthusiasm and organization around President Barack Obama’s campaign is proof that students today are still eager to be politically active...
...breakfast, however, is not to ignore the general air of incompetence that continued to surround the UC this year. Over the summer, the council attempted to raise $6 million in an ill-conceived and complex strategy to build a new student center at 45 Mount Auburn St. The ineffective campaign barely covered its own operating costs, netting only $700, and out of sheer embarrassment, the UC spun the campaign off as a completely separate entity upon the start of the school year...