Word: felt
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...Council of Overseers, and has long been one of the organizations key supporters, according to Paula J. Dahari, Hillel’s director of development. “The students loved him and he loved them,” Dahari said. “When he was here he felt like he was part of the Hillel family, as opposed to the president of the most esteemed university in the world.” The floor at yesterday’s event was meant to be opened to all questions in what Hillel Director Bernard Steinberg termed...
...said his church was founded in 1852, the year Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was published. "For us to come together in 2008 and lead other churches to city hall to vote after a Sunday worship service was just incredible to witness," he says. "We felt the mood of expectancy, hope and fulfillment of our God-given destiny to witness an African American on the verge of being elected President of this nation that was founded on racist public policies. We are hopeful that through the grace of God and through this overwhelming turnout of voters...
...other black voters here found the theme of racial milestones too simplistic. At the church, where a long line wrapped around the large building, a white reporter was met with exasperated murmurs when she asked how it felt finally to have an African-American on the ballot. "He's bi-racial. I don't know why you all keep saying that. He's for all the people, and all the eyes of the world are on us today," said Sharon Weathers, 40, an unemployed mental health worker...
...truth, it's not quite that bad for Dole. Most polls have shown the race to be tight, though over the last month and a half Hagan has had an average of a three or four point lead. But the mere fact that Dole felt she had to launch an attack on her opponent's faith shows how daunting the trends against Republicans like Dole are this election year...
...years later, New Hampshire voters had started to turn against the Bush administration. The war was not popular there from the start and the small state felt its losses more keenly. When a soldier from Conway or Whitefield died, the news made the front-page of papers all over the state. In the 2004 presidential election, New Hampshire became the only state that had voted for Bush in 2000 to flip into the Democratic column. The backlash continued in 2006, with more dramatic results. Riding a tide of anti-war opinion, two Democratic challengers upset both of the state...