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...Barack Obama. The national election polls yesterday showed Obama leading by a margin of about 10 percent. And Harvard pundits from the College, the Kennedy School, the Law School, and the Institute of Politics said in e-mailed statements that this lead was unlikely to disappear when ballots were cast today. Government and African and African American Studies professor Jennifer L. Hochschild said, “Obama will win (no surprise!).” Cass R. Sunstein ’75, a law professor and informal adviser to Obama, also predicted a Democratic victory, basing his opinion on the current...
...Fernando contingent is premature, it is nothing like pockets of San Francisco, where there has been a celebratory mood since the weekend, at least among those who attend African-American churches. On Sunday, more than 200 African-American congregation members marched through the hilly streets to city hall to cast early votes. Voters sang songs as they marched, waving banners that implored onlookers "Don't Wait 'Til the Battle's Over - Vote Now" and wearing inspirational T shirts. One of the leaders in this march was the Rev. Amos Brown, pastor of Third Baptist Church in San Francisco. He said...
Voters across the nation will head to the polls at various hours today to cast their ballots, earn their stickers and hope for the best. But each state is polling within a distinct time frame, so take a moment to consult this chart before arranging your Election Day schedule, or making the final scratch mark on your not-so-early early vote...
...This time, he did not make the same mistake. Since February 2007, as Obama pursued his presidential dream, Dunham watched her grandson on TV from her apartment. This fall, she cast her ballot for him, in early, absentee voting. And two weeks ago, for two precious days, he got to thank her in person for helping make him what he is and could...
...cream-puff section - yes, there is a fridge shelf dedicated to this particular genre of baked goods in many Japanese groceries - to my great distress, my favorite dessert was nowhere to be found. Like so many food and beverage products in Japan's relentless market, it had been cast aside for newer fads: I found chestnut cream puffs, pumpkin cream puffs and green-tea cream puffs. But none of my vanilla-and-chocolate morsels of delight...