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...Donato says.“[Experience] definitely has helped,” Carroll says. “Coming in as a freshman, it’s real fast, and now you’re used to the speed, how guys shoot, and it’s a lot easier.”Hoyle, on the other hand, is a highly regarded recruit who has had solid numbers throughout his pre-collegiate career.But Hoyle’s rookie status puts him at a distinct disadvantage—he lacks experience and playing time against college teams...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Holding Out for a Hero | 11/2/2008 | See Source »

...citizen to sign the ballot as a witness. That was a challenge for Catherine Thompson-Coffe, who lives on a farm in Vendoges, a remote area of France, where there are no other Americans. She called the U.S. Embassy, who sent her a FWAB. "I think it should be easier to vote," says Thompson-Coffe. A debate stirred in Virginia a few days ago when the Fairfax County registrar was not going to count dozens of military ballots that came from overseas because they were missing the address of the witness - which the FWAB doesn't provide space for. Luckily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is Voting Overseas So Difficult? | 11/1/2008 | See Source »

...Other countries make it much easier for their citizens to vote from afar. In Sweden, Spain and Ireland, citizens can simply show up at their country's embassy or consulate on election day and vote. "A Swede abroad just goes to their consulate and gets their ballot, it's very simple and there isn't very much red tape to it," says Mansson. Why doesn't the United States do this? "The federal government provides that states administer the elections, and the states have the procedures and legislation in place to carry out election processes," explains Polli Brunelli, director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is Voting Overseas So Difficult? | 11/1/2008 | See Source »

Early on, George, Being George doubles as a comic history of the lite. There's the Mayflower ancestry and the expulsion from Exeter--followed by a Harvard acceptance letter. ("It was a little easier to get into Harvard in those days," recalls Plimpton's brother Oakes.) The founding of The Paris Review offers proof that enthusiasm can trump disorganization, but Plimpton doesn't come into focus until his brief engagement to Bee Dabney, who dumps him for a friend at their engagement party. Dabney tells the tale here, but it was hardly a secret; Plimpton dined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charmed Life | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...It’s the bottom of the third quarter. We have to fight,” Dr. Al Felzenberg exclaimed to the Harvard Republican Club in reference to the campaign on October 14th. At a college where it is easier to profess mind-numbing love for Obama than face the outcry when you mumble, “Um, I’m not sure…”, students are apt to concede their votes to Obama...

Author: By Andrew J. Crutchfield, Peyton R. Miller, and Rachel L. Wagley | Title: Underdog to the Rescue | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

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