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...unexcited by the prospects of working in a law office for the rest of her life, she did some major re-evaluating and began working in an agency mailroom. “I had a passion to not be a secretary forever. I was mindful of the customary career trajectory,” Snider said, “and I knew I had to do something remarkable.” Cut to Snider’s big break: she is sitting bored in the mailroom, flipping through the latest issue of Cosmo. She calls up her friend at a publishing...
...acceptable boundaries of presidential politics with a punchy new stump speech that was plenty critical of Obama but critical on matters of substance, not inference. Obama would raise taxes. He would spend too much. He would "concede defeat in Iraq." And then, in a perfect valedictory to his career, McCain said, "I'm an American. And I choose to fight." It is impossible to say what McCain's fate would have been if he had taken this tough but traditional tack and also chosen Senator Joe Lieberman, the Vice President he really wanted, as former George W. Bush strategist Matthew...
...when she said Obama "sees America as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who targeted their own country." During Wednesday night's final presidential debate, Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, continued to question Obama's association with Ayers, insisting that the Democratic nominee launched his political career in Ayers' living room. Obama very audibly interjected that such criticism was a falsehood...
...bomb-throwing radical into a socially acceptable pioneer in education. At the university in recent days, Ayers' colleagues have circulated letters expressing support. Similar formal statements may soon come from a group of alumni and the university itself. "Bill has nothing to be ashamed about in his scholarly career - it's one that any scholar can take pride in," says Victoria Chou, dean of the College of Education at the University of Illinois here, and a friend of Ayers for years. She adds, "I'm just disappointed in those in our country who would try to tear down and destroy...
...1980s. The allegation first surfaced in 1998, but was eventually dismissed by a Sandinista judge without investigation or trial - despite an investigation by the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights, which determined that the case had merit. In most democracies, the furor would have been enough to sink any political career. But not in Nicaragua, where Ortega - protected by legal immunity and a judicial system stacked with Sandinista judges - has not only survived but thrived, returning to the presidency in 2007 and amassing more power than ever before. But now that Ortega is trying to reclaim his place in the international...