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...polls and conventional political activity, there is a factor in this campaign and this state that is unlike any before it - race. During the seemingly endless primary campaign here last spring, Rendell, a Clinton supporter, drew criticism when he said "some whites are probably not ready to vote for an African-American candidate." Congressman John Murtha, who represents a rural swath of Western Pennsylvania, put it even more bluntly earlier this month when he called his region "racist" in an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The veteran Democrat later backed off just a bit, noting that the district used...
...outcome of the match,” Peterzan said. “If I were to play her again, it definitely would be a very winnable match.” The match made for Peterzan’s fifth match in two days, but she dismissed fatigue as a factor. “We’ve been doing a pretty good job in terms of all our training,” Peterzan said. “Fitness is not letting us down.” Harvard also found success in the main doubles draw. Peterzan and Rosecrans started things...
...factor mitigating the financial industry's bonus intentions is the fact that there could be far fewer employed Wall Streeters by the time year-end payouts are made. Goldman Sachs reportedly plans to cut 10%, or 3,250 workers, from its payrolls. Barclays is expected to eliminate 3,000 jobs from the former investment-banking division of Lehman Brothers, which it acquired in September. And Merrill Lynch's John Thain recently said that he expects thousands of job cuts in the wake of his firm's acquisition. All told, Hintz expects Wall Street employment to fall 25%, which could mean...
...competing in the ICSA Women’s Singlehanded Championship. In her second trip to nationals, Watson came home with 12th place in the 18-sailor field.“I started out the regatta with good races, and then as I got more tired my size became a factor,” Watson said. “The majority of the girls at the regatta were larger than me.“When it’s windy, I’m at a disadvantage sizewise.”Watson had seven top-eight finishes, and ended the weekend...
...Psychologists have known since the mid 1940s that one person's perceptions of another's "warmth" is a powerful determining factor in social relationships. Judging someone to be either "warm" or "cold" is a primary consideration, even trumping evidence that a "cold" person may be more competent. Much of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences, Bargh argues, when infants' conceptual sense of the world around them is shaped by physical sensations, particularly warmth and coldness. Classic studies by Harry Harlow, published in 1958, showed monkeys preferred to stay close to a cloth surrogate mother rather than one made...