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...Lisa Takeuchi Cullen...
...return of second-team All-Ivy pick Jessica Holsey and a strong group of freshmen prompted the media to slot the Crimson second. The co-Ivy champs and preseason first place Big Green returns first-team All-Ivy center Elise Morrison and also keeps its backcourt intact, as Jeannie Cullen and Angie Soriaga will take the floor for their senior seasons. The men’s team also graduated three starters, but returns the league’s top two frontcourt men in Matt Stehle and Brian Cusworth. Finding replacements for the wing players Kevin Rogus and Jason Norman...
...unemployment rates for Maori and Pacific Islanders are way above national averages; one-third of Maori children live in families that rely on welfare. Clark says education and acquiring skills will get them out of poverty. "Labour's always got an Achilles heel around issues such as race," says Cullen, who claims his party straddles all of New Zealand's ethnic communities...
...Cullen questions National's commitment to improving the lives of the poor and whether it will be able to afford the increased costs that are inevitable if Treaty claims are to be settled by 2010 without reneging on its tax cuts or blowing the Budget. Cullen believes Labour is well on track, with its "little bit of stick, a lot of carrot" approach moving people off unemployment and sickness benefits. Brash says that's not enough. At a time when businesses are finding it hard to fill job vacancies, 15% of the working-age population are being paid...
...nearly so easy for Key is battling the formidable Cullen. (Facing the Finance Minister in Parliament, says Key, "is like playing Andre Agassi at tennis every week. It improves your game enormously.") In a TVNZ studio, during a debate between eight economics spokesmen, Cullen is itching to get involved, like a burly rugby breakaway hoping to crunch a small ball carrier if he would only dare to come his side of the ruck. Perky, motor-mouthed Cullen hints at Key's hidden agenda to cut public services and reprise the scorched-earth policies of former financial warriors Roger Douglas...