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...that Tusk's victory in last October's election can be partly ascribed to the relatively competent impression he makes. But Tusk's success also represents Poland's growing acceptance of free-market ideas. In 1993, an economically liberal forerunner to the party that Tusk co-founded in 2001 drew just 4% of the vote amid criticism that it was insensitive to the poor. In October, Tusk's Civic Platform, running on similar ideas, got 42%. (Since the election, support has climbed further to 60%.) In a recent survey, moreover, 42% of Poles identified themselves as being on the right...
...Poles share his enthusiasm. Pollsters say that the October election marked the sharpest divide yet between Poland's rural and urban electorate. While the Civic Platform drew most of its support from what pollsters now refer to as Poland A - urban, educated, younger voters - the rural, older, more devout voters who make up Poland B favored Jaroslaw Kaczynski's Law and Justice Party (PIS) and other parties. In crude terms, the first group includes the winners of Poland's economic transition; the second group, the losers...
...sucks. But hey, it’s Evian. 12) Grey Goose at Stein Clubs...oh wait. Scratch that—thanks, Pilbeam. 13) Harvard will purchase a Caribbean island. It will serve as the Ad Board’s Guantanamo Bay. 14) Svens for everyone. (Blackberry commercial, anyone?) 15) Drew Faust will launch a task force on how to spend increased funds. Unfortunately, the cost of that task force is the funds...
Immediately after banging her gavel to begin yesterday’s Faculty meeting, University President Drew G. Faust opened with a few words, followed by a moment of silence in honor of former Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles who passed away last week.“It would be impossible at this moment, in this room not to be thinking about Jeremy,” she said. “We will have times and occasions to speak about Jeremy in the days and weeks to come, but today I want to ask you for silence, for silence...
...original version of this article noted that in 2000 "Al Gore drew fire when it was revealed that a key aide, Carter Eskew, had done work on a tobacco industry advertising campaign that was aimed at undermining the Clinton Administration's tobacco settlement deal." In fact, Eskew had done the work before he joined the campaign, at which time Gore insisted he leave his firm...