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Grigg reached the finals in her sophomore and junior years but was upset each time, coming away with the second-place trophy both times. Similarly, Suchde nearly claimed the title last year but fell short to four-time champion Yassar El Halaby...
Suchde had amassed an impressive resume this season, playing in the top position all year. On the way to the finals, Suchde only dropped two games all season. He also ousted the top seed Basset Ashfaq of national champion Trinity in straight games...
...Eventual champion Alida DiPlacido of Syracuse won the event with a score...
...media, they're forced into the street - and into strange alliances. The Other Russia, in fact, is an unlikely motley amalgamation: members of the traditional democratic and liberal Yabloko party; new liberal factions, The United Civic Front and The Popular Democratic Union, led by former world chess champion Gary Kasparov and Putin's former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov respectively; and of the left radical extremist National Bolshevik Party (NBP), led by a flamboyant writer Eduard Limonov. While the liberal groups call for a return to democratic reform, the violence-prone NBP calls for a revolution. Not unlike the Soviet dissidents...
What happened to the good ole days of campaign finance reform? It has seemingly vanished with little more than a whimper. Take the recent actions of John McCain, the champion of campaign finance legislation, who recently removed his name as co-sponsor of a bill aimed at expanding the presidential public financing program. Yes, the McCain of the McCain-Feingold bill has retreated from the battle lines. But the leading Democratic candidates have not acted any better. Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, and John Edwards have already indicated that they will be opting out of the public financing system...