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...start of November. By contrast, Republican Mitt Romney, who comes in second in most polls, has 17 full-time Iowa staffers, and another 60 part-time organizers who have been in place for months. At the end of each Romney event in Iowa, the candidate implores supporters to fill out cards so they can be put in the campaign's data-base. At the end of Huckabee's events late last week, the candidate told his supporters instead to lure out their friends on caucus night by promising a free dinner. "Pull up to the house, honk the horn...
...better consider a project’s broader implications. Tabak said the current proposals are preliminary but that the committee hopes to present its final recommendations to the NIH director by March 2008. “The NIH director uses an analogy: ‘If you have to fill a bucket up with rocks and pebbles and sand, what do you put in first?’” Tabak said. “And of course, the answer is the rocks, so we’re going to be looking for rocks and maybe some large pebbles...
Magnarelli’s forceful presence in the post has helped the Crimson fill the absence left by the departure of center Brian Cusworth ’06 midway through last year. He uses his excellent athleticism and great court sense to play even larger than his 6’7” frame...
...ugly in the newsroom as it is in the locker room. One night, I almost took a copy editor's head off for questioning my use of antecedents. My boss had to know, but he steered clear. That's how they are in the bigs - they just want to fill the pages with sensational stories. That's what brings in the readers. It's a business. But at home the kids noticed that I'd changed. I'd become a monster: I started sending their homework back for rewrites. I hate myself when I think of that...
...slept with as many women as possible,” he says with a laugh, mentioning that Cox is legendary for his reckless lifestyle. But seriously, folks: “I prepare in different ways for every part. I usually try to fill in the gaps in my mind and in areas where I don’t have a lot of experience,” he says. “Whether it’s a swordfisherman or a pornstar—I just fill in the gaps.” Beyond his routine “gap-filling...