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...elections on Nov. 23. Candidates opposed to leftist President Hugo Chávez won the coveted mayor's post in Caracas as well as governorships in three key states, bringing their total to five and prompting boasts that Chávez's popularity was waning following a failed 2007 bid to extend his presidency. Chávez's Socialist Party remained in control of 17 states, however, which his supporters said reaffirmed Venezuelans' confidence in his leadership...
...intelligence—all the other things you need.” Romer and her husband David H. Romer, both currently economics professors at Berkeley, were expected to move to Harvard last May. While Romer’s husband received a tenure offer from Harvard, the University did not extend a similar offer to the newly-appointed CEA chair—a decision which sparked much debate among economists in academic circles nationwide. “She’s had a very impressive career,” said Mankiw, a close friend of the Romers who was David?...
...bipartisan agreement may have resuscitated legislation that would extend federal student aid to some illegal aliens, according to media reports. “On immigration, there’s been an agreement between [President-elect Barack] Obama and [Senator John] McCain to move forward on that,” Senate Majority leader Harry Reid said in an interview with the Gannett News Service last weekend. Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, has pushed the Senate to enact comprehensive immigration reform in recent years. Last June, amid a fevered debate and nation-wide protests, the Senate failed to pass a massive immigration...
...Crimson is hoping to take their chance this time around, and the team is looking to continue to play for as long as possible.“Guys are just excited to get a few more days of soccer,” coach Jamie Clark said.Harvard will look to extend their season into the weekend tonight. Kickoff in Tampa is scheduled for 7:30.—Staff writer Jay M. Cohen can be reached at jaycohen@fas.harvard.edu...
...yard field goal that wobbled wide left of the goalposts.The Crimson, too, would get in on the special teams struggles, as one McLeod and one Harvard fumble later, the Crimson found itself inside the red zone for the third time on the afternoon. With a chance to extend its lead to two possessions as time expired in the first half, Long missed his second field goal of the day on a tipped ball that didn’t even make it in range of the uprights.The teams entered the half with just seven points separating them. The game...