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...Ryan D. Zampardo, a senior in Mather House, the first difficulty in attending the upcoming presidential inauguration is getting a ticket. A Democrat from Michigan, he has contacted his local representative in Congress but has not yet received a response. But even if he succeeds, he will face a possibly more difficult situation than national politics: January 20, the day of the inauguration, is in the middle of the College’s final exam period, and Zampardo happens to have a test that day, one that counts for 40 percent of his grade for the class and may prevent...
...very shocking,” he said. Despite the grim numbers, another one of the study’s authors said he had higher hopes for future South African governments, especially since Mbeki resigned in September 2008 due to pressure from his party, the African National Congress. “I have no doubt that they’ll do much better than they did under the last government,” said Max Essex, an author of the study and the chair of the School of Public Health’s AIDS initiative. Essex added that he hopes...
...that translates into a desire among voters here to elect someone who will work with the new President and work across the aisle to move his agenda forward." Unless, of course, Georgians decide that they don't want the next President to have that easy a ride in Congress...
...smart enough to know the BJP didn't exactly cover itself in glory when it was in power," says Manoj Joshi, a prominent journalist. If they benefit from the situation, reckons political analyst Jyotirmaya Sharma, "it will not be because [the BJP] has done something right, but because the Congress has done everything wrong...
...Advani's move drew criticism from India's press, but the Congress Party may yet suffer. Results in New Delhi are awaited, while more elections follow later this week in Rajasthan and the vast central state of Madhya Pradesh. Defeats for the ruling party now would augur poorly for general elections, to be held next May. "We may take a beating," says Congress Member of Parliament Milind Deora, who represents the affluent South Mumbai constituency, which bore the brunt of the terrorist attacks last week. The ruling party replaced outgoing Home Minister Patil with the much-respected Finance Minister...