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Gwen Ifill's book about the rising generation of African-American politicians caused a mini-tempest even before the presses rolled. Critics questioned whether the PBS journalist chosen to moderate the vice-presidential debate could do so impartially, given the book's theme. In her introduction, she dismisses charges that The Breakthrough is a "piece of pro-Obama puffery"--although it might have been better to use a photo on the back cover different from one of Ifill looking adoringly at Obama during an interview. Ifill has interviewed virtually every African-American politician of note, tracking a generational shift away...
...have a fantastic faculty and a terrific student body,” he said. “My goal is to continue this momentum over the next few months until a permanent dean can be chosen...
President-elect Barack Obama has reportedly chosen a Harvard Law School classmate, Julius R. Genachowski, to head the Federal Communications Commission, adding yet another Harvard affiliate to the future President’s administration. Genachowski, who was an editor of the Harvard Law Review when Obama was its president, is friendly with the President-elect from their time at the Law School, and overlapped with Obama during their undergraduate years at Columbia. He helped draft the Obama campaign’s technology platform, and worked on Obama’s record-breaking fundraising Web site. As chairman...
...said she became intrigued.“They told me they could record music and help me book shows around the area—that got me really excited,” O’Neill said. She submitted a demo to the Battle of the Bands and was chosen to compete. With a few quick phone calls, she assembled her roommate Julie Wright and her friend Luke Sperduto to form Shy October.The band’s music is difficult to categorize, incorporating a wide range of instrumentation and unusual melodies. As O’Neill said...
...with her husband to direct bond underwriting contracts from governments to his offices at investment banks Raymond James and Bear Stearns. The couple also allegedly received at least $10,000 in hotel discounts at the Sunset Key Guest Cottages in Key West from owner Ocean Properties Ltd., which was chosen by the county commission (and Mary McCarty) to build a downtown West Palm Beach hotel next to its convention center. McCarty faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, while her husband could get as much as three years...