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Ever since Kerry’s defeat Democrats have been waiting for a reprise, but so far intra-party fighting has been kept on the backburner. There have been a couple spats over the past week. Michael Tomasky, executive editor of the American Prospect, posted a column on Monday titled “It’s Started,” that points to a pair of Democrats, David Sirota of the Center for American Progress, and Ed Kilgore of the DLC, who have been having a heated exchange over economic populism, free trade and the relationship between Democrats...
Playoffs or not, the Harvard football team may be on the verge of avoiding a major postseason defeat...
Despite the enthusiasm, some students complained of minor instances of cheating. In Cabot’s second-round defeat of Kirkland House, Cabot players who had been eliminated reportedly ran behind the Kirkland players and threw the balls back to their teammates...
...Rowan's coverage of the 1948 siege of Mukden, or Shenyang, the linchpin in the Communist conquest of Manchuria. Rowan and Birns are on hand as the city falls and, after a hairy escape off a bombarded air-strip, learn that the Nationalists are refusing to report the defeat. Rowan can cable his scoop back in time for the week's edition, but Birns' photographs can only travel by air. The two secure passage for the film on a 40-hour flight to San Francisco. LIFE holds the presses for 12 hours and sets up an ad hoc darkroom...
Following the serenade to Nichols, Moore congratulated his running mate but expressed disappointment at his own defeat...