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...time allotment for extra campaigning must be used wisely. Current electoral shortcomings stem primarily from a plethora of students who are largely apathetic and uniformed. The UC and its presidential candidates should accept the fact that these students may never be coaxed into caring enough about the process to cast a ballot. However, for those who may indeed be swayed, the campaigns must use this extra time to find more creative ways to reach out to students. This might include bringing campaign events and debates down to the House-wide rather than campus-wide level, or perhaps coordinating more community...
Being the eternal humorist that he was, Gaga joked on the Sunday before the election that, since he had cast an absentee ballot as soon as early voting began in Florida, when Obama was elected president he should create a new cabinet position for him as the best friend of Freddie Couples, Obama’s favorite golfer...
...recession was formally declared, investors cast their vote that economic recovery was nowhere in sight. All broad stock market indexes dropped sharply, with the steepest thrusts coming at the end of the trading day. The Dow ended Monday's session down 679.95 points or 7.7%, one of its worst days in recent months. Other broad market gauges took even steeper dives, with the Standard & Poor's 500, which includes financial stocks, falling 9.93%. The S&P 500 is now down...
...people look back on ten years later and regret. I didn't hurt anybody. I didn't steal anything. I didn't wreck any cars. It was a good time, plain and simple." When his favorite bar in Baltimore decided to shoot a TV commercial, MacDonald recalls being perfectly cast for the part: "a big fat guy who sat around and drank a lot - I was a natural choice...
...record 65% of eligible Venezuelan voters turned up to cast ballots in fiercely contested state and regional elections on Nov. 23. Candidates opposed to leftist President Hugo Chávez won the coveted mayor's post in Caracas as well as governorships in three key states, bringing their total to five and prompting boasts that Chávez's popularity was waning following a failed 2007 bid to extend his presidency. Chávez's Socialist Party remained in control of 17 states, however, which his supporters said reaffirmed Venezuelans' confidence in his leadership...