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Riverton says they hope to establish a paid position for someone, possibly a Harvard graduate, who’s interested in running a nonprofit. “I would never expect anyone to devote the energy and hours I have without getting paid,” says Riverton, “I chose to do it willingly because it was my baby and I wanted to see it through...
Sorority life on such an ambitious campus is different in other ways, as well. A smaller Greek scene on campus limits the time commitment a PNM can expect to dedicate to her sorority, allowing her to be involved in other activities...
...Factor #3 could favor Obama: Ohio is an open primary, which means just about any registered voter can walk into a polling place and request a Democratic ballot. A state Democratic party official told TIME he expects expect turnout to reach or exceed two million votes - more than twice the turnout in the 2004 primary. One Ohio labor official, who is unaligned with any campaign, summed up the uncertainties: "Is Ohio going to go like the rest of the country or will it be its typical conservative self...
...World Forum in Doha. But there, too, our campaign was pretty much what everyone was talking about. "Excuse me, Mr. Joe," a confrere from Qatar asked, "what's a superdelegate?" An Iranian businessman told me that "Obamamania" was sweeping the America-loving young people of Tehran. And so I expected a fair amount of passion at the panel I'd been asked to moderate: three Muslims venting on what the Islamic world should expect from the next President of the United States...
...first panelist, a member of the Palestinian parliament from Gaza, began with a shrug. "We've made all these arguments before," he said, speaking mournfully. He didn't expect much different from the next President than what Palestinians had gotten from Bill Clinton or George W. Bush-a belated fling at trying to "solve" the Middle East. "Why do they always wait till their last year in office?" he asked, seeming too weary for fury. The next speaker, from Indonesia, wasn't very angry either. He hoped the next President would emphasize soft power rather than military force. The final...