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Grass-roots Democrats, however--the people who will actually vote for Clinton, Edwards or Obama--are not in a missionary mood. In a June 2006 German Marshall Fund survey, only 35% of Democrats, compared with 64% of Republicans, said the U.S. should "help establish democracy in other countries." While that response was colored by Iraq, most Democrats opposed even nonmilitary efforts such as supporting dissidents and imposing political sanctions. Blairites are big fans of foreign aid. But according to a 2005 Security and Peace Institute study, only 38% of Democrats said the U.S. can afford it. (The Republican number...
...trust of the world's best players, learn what they wanted and build Nike's reputation in the golf world. Nike Golf's first line of clubs, the ProCombo irons, were targeted at the top 2% of the 27 million golfers hitting the links each year. "We wanted to establish that we could make a product for the best-performing athlete and the best players," says Cindy Davis, U.S. general manager for Nike Golf. "Starting at the top of the pyramid allowed us to draft off that credibility to appeal to other golfers." Nike followed that line with the more...
...choice and through its many departments offers abortion services, funding elective abortions through the University Health Services (UHS) health plan. And yet when it comes to services that assist women in maintaining their pregnancies, Harvard’s promise is empty. Harvard and most of the pro-choice establishment agree that choice should be preserved in the hands of individuals, but in reality, this choice has not been extending both ways and investment in the “keep the child” option has been absent. Especially at the college, where pregancies are even a scarier reality for students...
...Americans are outraged at the conditions and the practices at Walter Reed and many of the VA hospitals nationwide. What policies would you establish to ensure that our wounded veterans receive the best medical and rehabilitation services through the Veterans Administration for the balance of their lifetimes? -William G. Eustis from East Greenwich...
...Hawks (20-7). Hartwick, which is the highest-ranked team that Harvard has faced this year and had won 13 straight entering the game, took command of the game from the opening whistle. In the first quarter, the Hawks put away three goals to establish a comfortable lead, and by halftime, they had stretched that to a 7-1 margin. “We got outplayed, and we got out-executed,” head coach Erik Farrar said. “We need to do a better job of putting the ball in the back...