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...Harvard College. It was named “The Core,” and its coming was prophesized to herald a golden age in the education of collegiate pupils. Under its benevolent rule, simple undergraduates would be transformed from ignorant savages into enlightened cosmopolitans who no longer sought to gain the easy A, but rather to enrich their existence with knowledge of the ages. All that was needed was absolute submission?...
...think I'd just commit suicide." JOHN MCCAIN, Republican Senator from Arizona, joking about what he would do if Democrats gain control of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. "I don't want to face that eventuality," he added, "because I don't think it's going to happen...
Nevertheless, third parties will still be free to nominate their own candidates for office, if they feel that the mainstream candidates do not sufficiently represent their platforms. In fact, lesser-known candidates will greatly benefit from the increased visibility and importance third parties gain from fusion voting...
...Time to Be Complacent" bulletins and held a Liberty Sunday turnout rally at the base of Boston's Beacon Hill that was televised to hundreds of church-fellowship halls, evening services and small-group meetings. These leaders have calculated that remaining aloof would just diminish their power. "You only gain clout by activity," says Michael Farris, chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association. His group plans to send hundreds of teenagers who are home schooled to 10 states in the election's closing week to make phone calls and knock on doors on behalf of conservative candidates...
...being a starting point,” junior heavyweight Esther Lofgren said. “We see what we have to do as motivation in the winter season.”The lightweights raced only their varsity eight. As for the quad competition, each team entered a lottery to gain a spot on the river. Radcliffe did not attain the coveted position.But the varsity eight held its own on the river. Under new senior captains Chung and Lesley Burkett, the crew notched a No. 5 time, finishing just more than ten seconds behind reigning national champion Wisconsin with a time...