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Facing off at the Institute of Politics last night, the former Democratic National Committee chairman predicted a resounding victory for his party in the elections next month, while his former Republican counterpart voiced confidence that the GOP would hold on to its Congressional majority. In a lively and congenial debate at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ed Gillespie, who both ended their tenures as national committee chairmen in 2005, presented opening speeches, fielded questions side-by-side, and occasionally agreed. McAuliffe opened the debate, cheerfully ticking off potential Democratic electoral victories and cracking jokes...
...lead, with 2:25 left in the middle frame. As it turned out, one goal was all goalie Brittany Martin needed to preserve the victory, as the sophomore was brilliant in net, turning away 24 McGill shots in a complete-game shutout. Martin’s counterpart, Charline Labonte, a fellow of Vaillancourt’s on the Canadian national team, was also excellent, making 36 saves on the afternoon. Senior co-captain Jennifer Sifers and sophomore Kati Vaughn also registered assists and five of the team’s freshman made their competitive debuts in the outing. The Crimson?...
Tokyo Rose's European counterpart, "Axis Sally" worked to weaken the morale of U.S. troops with her broadcasts on Radio Berlin. After the war, she was convicted of treason, served 12 years in jail, was paroled and became a music teacher in Ohio...
...points to administration-backed anti-terrorism tools that have drawn criticism from Democrats who argue that Bush has overreached. He wraps up by asserting it is "no surprise that such a party would turn its back on a man like Senator Joe Lieberman," the Connecticut Democrat (and Cheney counterpart on Al Gore's ticket in 2000) who lost his primary over his support for the Iraq war, and is now running as an independent. "It's a reminder that the elections on November 7th will have enormous consequences for this nation, one way or the other," he says...
Committee co-chair and biologist Andrew Murray retorted, “I suspect that in 1956, your counterpart might have said, ‘I expect to see great research going on in biology and physics but not in this new field of molecular biology...