Word: contestation
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Turnout was high - but not unprecedented - for the G.O.P. contest. What may have been more unusual were all the last-minute deciders. "I've never seen this many people in New Hampshire undecided this late," said Dale Kuehne, associate professor of politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, as voters prepared to go to the polls. Arizona Sen. John McCain, near-broke and plummeting in the polls just months ago, put on the same green sweater he wore for his 2000 comeback in New Hampshire, and even stayed in the same hotel room. "There is no superstition...
With Clinton besting Obama by only two points in New Hampshire, the contest - and the spin - will only get more hysterical as it moves to Nevada (Jan. 19) and South Carolina (Jan. 26). It remains to be seen which was the exception: Iowa's surge of young and new voters for Obama, or a return to the expected Democratic base turning out for Clinton in New Hampshire...
...started,” Amaker said. The strong finish came on the heels of Harvard’s game the previous weekend against UC Irvine, when it let an 18-point second-half lead slip away. PAINTED MASTERPIECE Solid frontcourt play allowed the Crimson to take control of the contest, as Harvard’s forwards dominated both on offense and on the boards. Sophomore forward Pat Magnarelli led the squad with 17 points, junior Evan Harris contributed 10 points, and captain Brad Unger added eight. Freshman forward Kyle Fitzgerald provided a spark off the bench in the second half...
Even if the Harvard men’s hockey team (6-7-3, 5-4-2 ECAC) failed to earn a win in its two weekend games, the strong performance of the penalty killing unit kept the Crimson’s struggling offense, averaging 2.2 goals per contest, in close games. This success came less than a week after Harvard’s special teams allowed three power-play goals in two games during the Ohio Hockey Classic. The Crimson’s defense held Quinnipiac (11-5-3, 4-3-3) scoreless through all five of its power plays...
...character is what binds the voters trying to choose between McCain and Obama, what does that say about the prospect for a general contest between the two? McCain, after all, might not have any more success challenging Obama's lack of "national security experience" than Hillary Clinton has. Instead, his campaign will need to figure out the key to one other major difference between Obama and McCain: while McCain is leading in the Republican primary polls, Obama appears to be leading a movement...