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...11th hour change the rules that you try to live by because it benefits you." But Obama's stance on the issue, like his opponent's, has just as much to do with politics as principle; the Obama campaign clearly doesn't want Clinton to close the delegate gap enough that she can possibly convince enough superdelegates to throw their support her way, or give her a chance to claim a victory in the popular vote...
...alienated many in his own conservative camp with an arrogant personal style and erratic economic and foreign policies. While he still enjoys solid popular support, many Iranians bitterly complain that inflation and unemployment have left the economy in a shambles despite record oil revenues. Says commentator Azar Mansuri: "The gap between rich and poor has become wider. Criticism of the government is growing...
Whether the goings-on at Telekom were criminal or not, the disclosure has caused a uproar in Germany and further soiled the already tarnished image of the country's corporate leaders. Public anger is growing over the widening gap between the mega-salaries of top corporate executives and the falling purchasing power of workers. That is fueling a political shift to the left that could have an impact on national elections next year...
...second varsity won their morning heat by a one second margin over Boston University and a two-second gap against Princeton, and could not manage the same feat in the grand final, despite being seeded 3rd. Ultimately, the boat placed fourth 18 seconds back of Brown. Dartmouth and Yale took second and third...
This was where Rauschenberg began to perfect the idea that he would eventually put this way: "Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in that gap between the two.)" By the mid-'50s, he was also in a romantic relationship with the artist Jasper Johns. Trading ideas at top speed, together they were a pivot point between the psychodramas of the Abstract Expressionists who came just before them and the cool ironies of the Pop artists who came after...