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...Robert Byrd, widely considered the king of steering federal dollars to a congressman's home turf, tends to view the practice as just another way to provide jobs for the family down the street, if not for your own. And so far, questions about Mollohan's use of the clout associated with his seat on the appropriations committee have failed to derail his campaign for a 13th term against state lawmaker Chris Wakim, a Republican...
...Danielson and William L. Sefanov who were married at the 2001 complexity-themed Ig Nobels. With annual traditions like the launching of paper airplanes constructed from science homework and ceremony programs, the Ig Nobels work to emphasize the lighter side of science. While they may not command the clout of the real Nobel Prizes, they have come to play an important role in the scientific community. “I think the Ig Nobels are a really fun, exciting way to bring the physics community together with rest of the science community,” said Limor S. Spector...
...basis of their sexual orientation is wrong.That is the central point in this dispute that both the University and some students seem to have missed. For all its rhetoric during last winter’s Solomon court fight, the University has done precious little to exercise its clout in the interest of repealing both Solomon and DADT. What effect the University could have is unclear, but we can never know unless we try. Interim University President Derek C. Bok could easily write a letter to Congressional leaders, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the White House, and send a copy...
...most articulate people in the news world, spreading knowledge and understanding.” IOP Fellow Christina Martin said that Amanpour “brings a powerful message. She highlights the service and role of journalism.” Having Amanpour narrate the documentary adds “clout and credence to the powerful story of Daniel Pearl,” she said. “It’s one thing to know someone through a TV. It’s entirely different to meet someone through a 3D forum. It’s virtual reality versus reality...
Liberals have taken Harvard to task, too, notably during the “living-wage” campaign in 2001. Democrats with national clout, including Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, supported the students who staged a three-week sit-in inside the University president’s office in Massachusetts Hall and cast Harvard as an epitome of capitalism’s social ills...