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...debate a few times before Election Day, and the negativity will surely be on display. Kryzan is used to the harsh tone from the primary season, but this time she faces a well-financed opponent gunning squarely for her, and she may have a harder time staying above the fray...
This was the first year that the event was recognized by the International Federation of Competitive Eating, and three registered competitive eaters—one ranked in the top 25 in the nation—joined the fray...
...face of political necessity. His poll ratings have sunk noticeably in recent days, as voters leaned toward the Democrats in a time of economic worry. The suspension was designed in part to commandeer an issue that has belonged to Obama and to try and show above-the-fray bipartisan leadership of the kind independent voters appreciate...
...announcement capped a frantic few days during which Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack sought a saving dose of capital from Wachovia, a U.S. bank, and the China Investment Corp., Beijing's $200 billion sovereign wealth fund, which had already bought 9.9% of Morgan Stanley last December. MUFG joined the fray over the weekend, sources say, and within days committed to buy a strategic stake, which includes a seat on the Morgan Stanley board. With the U.S. Federal Reserve now compelling both Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to operate as commercial rather than investment banks, CEO John Mack sees obvious benefits...
...ahead in a few polls, and the party's many doom-and-gloomers are fretting that Barack Obama is frittering away a can't-lose election, lagging behind generic Democrats in a generic Democratic year. They worry that he's too professorial, too nuanced, too dispassionate, too above-the-fray cool. They want him to run straight at McCain's distortions, throw some fastballs, show voters he's a scrapper. They fear that his message of change has grown stale, that his efforts to paint McCain as another George W. Bush aren't working, that Sarah Palin flat-out stole...