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...Which brings us to March 4. Vermont has the nation's second-whitest and second-oldest electorate, the kind of demographics that tend to favor Hillary Clinton in Democratic primaries. The popular former governor Madeleine Kunin is leading the Clinton campaign in Vermont, and Chelsea Clinton came to campaign on Friday. But Barack Obama is dominating the polls. "This is a state with a strong feminist tradition, but Obama's eating Hillary's lunch," says University of Vermont political science professor Garrison Nelson. Obama created quite a stir when he visited the campus last year. "I've been here...
When disasters strike, you won't find Becky Myton handing out cans of sardines. Although the little fish pack a protein wallop, "if you give out cans of sardines and people don't like them, you're just not doing them a favor," says Myton, an emergency coordinator for the Atlanta-based aid organization CARE. "It works much better when you evaluate people's needs and then meet them...
...Page remains optimistic about the new student service even as Memorial Church falls out of favor with Christian undergraduates and other groups gain momentum...
...today's Bill Clinton after a quadruple bypass has given up jogging in favor of long walks, and his hair is a halo of white. And he had come to deliver a very different message. Don't fall in love, he cautioned, simply because someone tells you that "we need to turn the page in America, and we need to adopt something fresh and new - whatever that...
...Hamas leaders favor goading Israel into attacking Gaza, however. More pragmatic leaders within the militant organization know that any public relations victory against Israel would be offset by heavy Palestinian casualties. These moderates are advocating a "cooling down" period with Israel. Nor was it lost on Hamas leaders that Israeli aircraft destroyed the empty Interior Ministry building as a reminder that if the fighting escalates, Israel might begin targeting Hamas' political leadership...