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...first-generation Irish-American homemaker, Cahill attributes her bossiness to being the eldest of six children (three boys, three girls) and says she honed her political reflexes at a dinner table at which "you were expected to have an opinion and you were expected to be able to defend it." When the Roman Catholic Church ordered Father Drinan and all other priests out of politics, she stayed on doing constituent work and organizing campaigns for his successor, Barney Frank, and then went on to a string of political jobs that included a stint running EMILY's List, a fund-raising...
After fighting a massive war to topple a dictator half way around the world, the Administration proved unwilling to defend a fragile democracy in its own backyard. It would hardly have required a massive military undertaking—as Rangel explained, “All we had to do was to send 200, 300 troops over there and tell those people to put down the arms.” The Administration’s inaction is already breeding considerable cynicism. “The problem for Haiti is that it’s not oil-rich,” said...
Without Beal, Harvard didn’t have the size on the perimeter to counter the Bulldogs. Hughes checked in, and the Crimson responded by moving the 6’1 Giovacchini over to defend Draughan so junior captain Jason Norman would be free to guard Hughes. But Hughes scored seven straight for the Bulldogs on a three, a layup after he stole the ball from Norman and a two-handed dunk after a Giovacchini turnover. Draughan made it a 13-5 run with a jumper with 6’1 freshman guard Jim Goffredo guarding...
...puck and the whistle had already been blown late in the third period, Dartmouth star and game heroine Gillian Apps nailed sophomore Carrie Schroyer into the boards on the far left corner of the ice. Schroyer was prevented from retaliating by one official, when Banfield stepped in to defend her teammate...
Keith, 42, knows that during the course of his various feuds, he has become a caricature. "In trying to defend yourself all the time, you end up looking pretty simple," he says, adding, "I'm not the banger of the war drum people think." Even though his new album title is a horrible pun on "shock and awe" and he included yet another anti-Taliban song, Keith describes himself politically as "an extremely conservative Democrat," and has expressed ambivalence about the motivations for the war in Iraq. Still, he doesn't mind his more-hawkish-than-Rummy image. "Most people...