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...Winning in Iowa, however, still comes down to the fine art of connecting with individual voters. And on that front, the state isn't always a good match for Obama's strengths. The graveyards of political campaigns are littered with candidates who excel at forging connections with individual voters but who can't give a big speech to save their lives. Obama may be that rare politician with the opposite problem. Before a crowd of 4,000, he can be magnetic and compelling. But before a crowd of several hundred, he can sometimes fall flat...
...revolve around Thanksgiving Day, my favorite holiday. Kids today may have similar memories to cherish as they get older, but they'll probably also have a few others that didn't exist in the pre-Internet era, when I was coming up: "Thanksgiving Screensavers," for example, or "Thanksgiving Day Excel Templates" and "Thanksgiving MySpace profile themes." (People really search for these things online. I can't make this stuff...
...financial markets and 31st for quality of scientific-research institutions. Skipping the basics while nailing the more complicated stuff is a counterintuitive yet increasingly widespread trend--think of the places in Africa that leaped from no phones to cell phones, bypassing landlines--but whether a country can excel in the long run without a more stable foundation is another question...
...Zornow may never enjoy mainstream pop success. But when you can excel at something that you love, who needs MTV anyways...
...your whole family a few rows from the ice, where you can see players who skate hard on every play, where you can see the competitive intensity up close?When young kids cheer for the Crimson, they are not rooting for roommates and friends but simply watching athletes excel. To anyone who aspires to be like them one day, just getting an autograph or seeing the Crimson pull out a last minute victory is a brush with excitement.So even as I don my collared shirt and khaki pants to blend in with my fellow reporters this season...