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...have hindered the progress of the Democratic Party: the myth of mobilization, of demography, of language, and of prescription drugs.They warn against the belief that the Democrats must mobilize the base of liberals. “Because conservatives are one-third of the electorate and liberals are only one-fifth, the strategy of trying to create a liberal majority by going left...will not work as well for the Democrats,” Galston said.The authors also disagree with the idea that demographic changes will favor Democrats. For example, Hispanics now represent a greater proportion of the population...
...Crimson hopes to recover from a disappointing 49-24 loss against Lehigh last weekend and continue the charge towards back-to-back Ivy League titles and a fifth year of Big Red domination...
...when Northeastern’s Whitney Shean beat Knoche on the team’s fifth stroke, the scoreboard finally ticked off one more, final goal in the Huskies’ favor...
...Clear skies on Saturday at Boston College for the Metro Series 4 helped Harvard toward 77 points and a fourth place finish, just five points ahead of fifth-place Bowdoin. The A-division tandem of juniors skipper Matthew Knowles and crew Marion Guillaume earned 38 points, while juniors Robby McIntosh and Ashley Nathanson notched 39 for the B division. The A-division’s six total races yielded a sixth place finish, while the B-division ended in seventh. The host Eagles were again the winners, picking up just 45 points on the day. Sailing two teams...
...Sunni Arabs make up barely a fifth of Iraq's population but were the dominant political class until the fall of Saddam Hussein. The majority of Sunnis sat out the Jan 30 general election, but leaders like Mutlaq were persuaded in the summer to join a committee to draft the constitution. The U.S. believes that drawing the Sunnis into the political process is the key condition for defeating the insurgency. But even those Sunnis that entered the process have rejected the draft charter, citing several controversial clauses. Their main bone of contention is federalism: while Shiite and Kurdish parties favor...