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...also-ran in motor racing's toughest series, consider the contrasting fortunes of two drivers in the Nov. 2 Brazilian Grand Prix, the final race of the year. In just his second season in Formula One, 23-year-old Briton Lewis Hamilton became its youngest ever world champion, sensationally grabbing fifth place on the last corner of the Interlagos track in São Paulo to claim motor sport's premier prize by a single point from hometown hero and Ferrari star Felipe Massa. Italian Giancarlo Fisichella was less fortunate. Fisichella, 35, and in his thirteenth year in Formula...
...they would consider abandoning Formula One. Perhaps, as has been suggested in the past, a few big teams might even set up rival races. "Why would Toyota want to use somebody else's engine? Why would Ferrari? Or Honda? Or BMW?," asks Jackie Stewart, a three-time world champion and former team boss. "The whole reason they're in the sport is not only to be able to win on Sunday and sell on Monday - it's also a gymnasium for talent and technologists...
Each of the three teams vying for the title will find itself in a precarious position on Saturday. If Harvard wins its match against Columbia, the champion is decided; however, if the game does not go according to plan, things could get complicated...
Friends and allies say Clinton is still trying to figure out what her role will be. Though some imagine she can become a champion of liberal causes in the Senate, much as Edward Kennedy did after his defeat in the 1980 Democratic primary, that model may not fit. Kennedy by 1981 had nearly 20 years of seniority in the Senate, and he had an ideal foil in Ronald Reagan. Clinton, on the other hand, is a relatively junior Senator and ranks no higher than fifth in seniority on any of her committees. On Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the panel...
...National LGBT Leadership Council, said while he appreciates Obama’s support for gay rights, he also believes that the senator has an “incoherent position” when it comes to marriage equality. “He’s not been as loud a champion as marriage equality as he should be,” McCarthy said of Obama, who has said that gay marriage should remain a state issue. McCarthy said that the narrow margin by which Proposition 8 was approved also reflected progress. “We’re within two percentage...