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...years. But Irwin rejected the proposal in April, saying he did not "trust" ExxonMobil's word after years of false starts, and pulled the leases. The state wants other producers to bid for the development rights, a plan unlikely to occur for years because of court challenges. Dan Dickinson, tax chief under Murkowski, claims that the Point Thompson decision may have scored p.r. points for Palin but ultimately set back early production of the field. "I don't think Governor Palin really understands the intricate details of oil and gas here," says Persily, the former administration official. "She underestimates...
...writing is often compared to that of Emily Dickinson because it illuminates the ordinary, truncates thoughts across short lines and creates spliced, internal rhymes - what she calls recombinant rhyme, as in recombinant...
...Connections, tells waitlisted student-clients never to send anything extra to admissions offices without asking permission. Generally, colleges welcome updates on grades and achievements, which is what Sarah Brown-Campello, captain of the soccer and lacrosse teams at Thacher School in Ojai, Calif., is sending to her top choice, Dickinson College (she wants small classes and a chance to take Portuguese), along with a new teacher recommendation. Davison's classmate Jordan Vincent, whose heart is set on University of Virginia, has written a new essay on an unusual accomplishment: as a parliamentarian for the Texas Junior Classical League, a statewide...
...amazing momentum” and has met success “both in terms of the levels of giving and increasing the breadth of giving.” But not all smaller schools are victims of the dearth of experience cited in the survey. Vice President for Development at Dickinson College Donald A. Hasseltine reported that their campaign has gone “very well,” noting that past and current trustees gave about $45 million of the $125 million raised to date. Advancement officers at Williams— one of the survey respondents—reported similar...
...story and base of support reinforce one another. Obama radiates change, which attracts young people, which in turn validates the message of change. He tells young people they can make a difference, and they decide to vote, thus making a difference. "Hope is the thing with feathers," as Emily Dickinson put it, and if Obama can make it fly, it can have deep implications in a society primed to follow the passions of youth. As cultural critic Thomas Frank explained in his book The Conquest of Cool, advertising agencies in the 1960s forever transformed youth from a demographic group...