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...this phenomenon first-hand on a campaign I worked with a few years ago. The winning candidate recognized that voter turnout would be very low since it was a special election and focused his campaign efforts on area churches and their congregations. The tactic was effective because the people he appealed to were very responsive to the religious issues raised in the campaign. The church members became his “base voters” and he won the election by a strong margin...
Byrnes and his fellow receivers have seen both quarterback first-hand quite a lot recently. The Crimson is extremely used to having Rose injured, another reason why there is little trepidation heading into such an important road contest...
...person more apt to wear two pairs of shoes while walking outdoors than to wear none at all—the joys of a life unburdened by footwear. By taking a walk in the shoes of a man who does not wear shoes, I was treated to a first-hand explication of the practical and philosophical underpinnings of the barefooted lifestyle: Wright’s Theory of Feet, if you will. The destination of our trek would be no less than what Teddy calls “the best foot place at Harvard,” and with...
...deep appreciation for the scholarly side of the Harvard Art Museums,” her husband said, and was excited “that students could look at [the drawings] first-hand, touch them, and get the same pleasure she had gotten from them...
...think the South is just crazy,” she says. “Ours is a big party for 20 girls, not for one girl. In the South, I can see people spending $50,000 on a party.” Young women who have experienced it first-hand admit that debuts do seem more momentous in the warmer states. Tanner moved from Maryland to Alabama when she was 12 years old. Her older sister was not invited to come out because the family hadn’t lived in the South long enough. “It?...