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...outsider” isn’t a successful strategy. Jimmy Carter’s presidency is a good example. When Bill and Hillary Clinton challenged the establishment early in his presidency, it only resulted in a reshuffling of the “system” in favor of Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America (a mistake that the Clintons both learned from). Another president who liked to advertise himself as a Washington “outsider,” Ronald Reagan, turned K Street into the lobbyist boomtown it is today...
...role in Harvard’s dominance of the first half. Seven penalty shots were awarded to the Crimson, all of which came in the first period, giving a necessary boost in scoring opportunities.However, the goal that would have made the game 3-0 in Harvard’s favor was called off by the referees for being too high, sparking a Pacific scoring run that made the game too close for comfort for the Crimson.“It looked like we could have been up 3-0, and then all of a sudden...
Observing this deficiency, Nicholas Castine ’09 thought he would be doing everyone a favor when he proposed Crimson Cable, a plan to offer Harvard students five to six times as many television stations as are available at either Yale or Princeton, but at a lower price. This was not the first time someone had proposed providing cable in dorm rooms. But while other proposals had been extremely costly, Castine’s plan would cost the College comparatively little...
Mukasey is not guaranteed a free pass from the left: his rulings in favor of the government have upheld some of the toughest provisions of Bush's approach to fighting terrorism. However, Senate Democrats are largely positive so far on Mukasey, saying that as a judge he was very knowledgeable and an unquestioned straight-shooter. They also say he is independent, which is the highest priority of those who want to get to the bottom of any possible wrongdoing at the Justice Department under Alberto Gonzales...
...neither Chinese nor American opposition has done much to dampen Taiwanese enthusiasm for the referendum. On Saturday, more than 100,000 people took to the streets in the southern port city of Kaohsiung to rally in favor of the referendum and seemingly in support of Chen's vision of a sovereign Taiwan. More than 3,000 Taiwanese expatriates attended a second protest outside U.N. headquarters in New York City. A poll released earlier this month by a Taipei-based think tank found that 47% of respondents disagreed with the U.S.'s position that the referendum was a step towards independence...