Word: cores
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...Hard-core activists like Morgan have already heeded Gore's call. Many work in groups like the Rainforest Action Network (motto: "Environmentalism with teeth") and Rising Tide. But this isn't just the work of coastal élites; on Oct. 26, dozens of locals in Kansas picketed the massive Lawrence Energy Center, the 12th most polluting coal plant in the U.S. Similar protests pop up anywhere a new plant is being built...
...hour about the 18-year-old program. According to TFA’s mission statement, the non-profit institution tries to “eliminate educational inequality by enlisting our nations most promising future leaders in the effort.” TFA works by training and overseeing a core of high-achieving recent college graduates to work as public school teachers in under-served rural and urban districts for a minimum of two years. In 2008, 6,200 graduating seniors joined the program, 33 of which were from Harvard. According to Kopp’s 2001 book...
Earlier, when states that Obama won were called out, folks in the condos along Michigan Avenue screamed. And of course, so did people waiting on Michigan Avenue. There was even a McCain supporter in the crowd, Jack Nagle. His daughter is a Democrat and hard-core Obama supporter. "It makes dinner interesting," he says. "But in Chicago, you've just got to take your licks and keep moving. Obama's going to be President, and for that, all I can say is congrats...
...Although Omodele-Lucien put up a good fight, Chaloupka went on to finish the No. 1 seed in straight sets, 6-4 6-4. Up until two weeks ago, junior Spencer Vegosen had been unable to compete in tournaments due to a complicated injuries to his core and back. But Vegosen’s second round match with Dartmouth’s Curtis Roby proved to be one of the most high-strung matches of the tournament. Breaking Roby in the first set at 5-5, Vegosen was able to hold his serve and earn himself the first set. Roby...
...Driving the Democrats' improbable momentum here, as it is across the nation, is angst about the economy: Already this year, thousands of jobs have hemorrhaged from one of Indiana's core industries, manufacturing. But the Democrats' surge is also a reflection of time and resources the Obama campaign has invested in the Hoosier State, a fundamentally conservative but pragmatic place that has often elected Democratic governors and currently has a largely split Congressional delegation...