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...McGovern, a retired teacher in Lebanon, N.H., took a spartan approach last year, giving up coffee in favor of mint tea and hot cider and forgoing spices. She says, "What I missed most was black pepper." This year she and 20 friends went all local for a week in January--hardly a season of plenty in New England. It wasn't so bad, what with baked squash, wheat-berry porridge, Vermont-cheese fondue, Indian pudding, parsnips, maple-apple pie and even elk and emu meat. But now that they have nothing to prove, they're reverting to August...
...Richardson mentioned the TV show Dallas, then said bloggers might be too young to get his allusion. An exasperated middle-aged attendee yelled, "We're not that young!" Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner seemed most clued in. He kept the speech at his late-night bash short and curried favor with a medium appreciated by all ages: free food...
...vision for Harvard and am impressed with his understanding of the University and his analysis of matters of University policy. And I must admit that I’ve looked up to him as an economist and a leader. On the other hand, I am unquestionably prejudiced in his favor, and the Larry I saw in his office was, by all accounts, not the same President Summers that deans and faculty saw. I will never completely understand the perspective of those faculty members who fought for his ouster, nor will I ever have enough information to offer a definitive judgment...
...What are you going to do about the obvious name recognition and charisma factors he has in his favor...
...longtime foe of the Governator, has an uphill battle ahead of him. Aside from the charisma discrepency, Schwarzenegger's popularity ratings, in free fall for much of the past year, have lately rebounded a bit, thanks in part to $7 billion in unexpected tax revenue. In his favor, Angelides is running in a predominantly Democratic state, has the backing of powerful labor unions and may get some mileage out of the current backlash against GOP President George W. Bush. Still, in a Field poll of 702 likely voters last week looking ahead to the gubernatorial race, Schwarzenegger beat Angelides...