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...name off the ballot. Now the Democratic candidate Nick Lampson is the favorite of most oddsmakers to beat the late-starting G.O.P. write-in candidate Shelley Sekula-Gibbs. In southeastern Ohio, former House Administration Committee chairman Bob Ney is retiring after pleading guilty last month to trading favors for campaign contributions from Abramoff. But his handpicked replacement, Joy Padgett, can't shake the taint of scandal. Ney's solidly Republican district favored Bush by 14 percentage points in 2004 but is now polling anywhere from 2% to 14% in favor of Democrat Zack Space...
...class. They live in suburbs, they have pleasant-appearing, even kindly, parents. The devil - in the form, let us say, of a crack dealer - does not live next door. The kids are, as far as we can see, perfectly normal young Americans. And, indeed, the politicians their parents overwhelming favor have been in power for six years. So one begins to wonder: What are the sources of that powerful sense of disenfranchisement that drive these parents to abet this robbery, this travesty, of childhood...
...trend. Carry on, “Project Runway.” Bravo’s fashion design competition gave all of us a new reason to live every Wednesday night and even seems to have inspired a few Harvard students to stow their innumerable pairs of sweatpants in favor of donning something slightly more chic. True, about 65% of the dialogue is the same in every episode (“In fashion, one day you’re in, and the next day you’re out”). But in the case of Heidi Klum?...
...Princeton, meanwhile, is quickly cementing a reputation as the cardiac kids of the Ancient Eight. The Tigers overcame a late deficit last weekend with two fourth-quarter TDs. A strong commitment to the run (that also swung the time of possession battle dramatically in Princeton’s favor) kept the skies open for Terrell, who excelled to the tune of 261 yards and three scores...
...level of understanding,” Smith says. “It’s a different type of understanding.” With all that understanding going on, one might think that an enterprising male might enroll in such a course where the odds are stacked in his favor. When asked whether or not taking the course was a good tactic for picking up girls, Gena M. Haugen ’09 laughs, and then says, “I would definitely consider dating a guy who was interested in reading Jane Austen.” But with enrollment...