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...room is also a veritable gallery of mavericks, including pictures of Tom Cruise in Top Gun and Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki, a movie poster from the Mel Gibson/Jodie Foster/James Garner Western and a pic of Palin's ultimate maverick, John McCain, in a cowboy...
...majority of the candidates created Facebook groups to garner support and promote their platforms, many of which promise improvements to Harvard’s facilities. Many are calling for dorms with cable television, common rooms with plasma televisions, and even sidewalks that aren’t covered in puddles when it rains. Food is also a popular topic, with many UC-hopefuls calling for extended brain breaks, longer dining hall hours, and more options for spending Crimson Cash...
...saying, 'The market is falling! The market is falling!' " said Scott Garrett, a New Jersey Republican. Faced with a major GOP shortfall, Democrats refused to force 12 of their members to change their votes for a bill that they had just spent the past week renegotiating in order to garner Republican support, dropping several provisions important to Democrats. By 2:05 the vote was done, failing to pass by a margin of 228-205. In the end, Republicans delivered 37%, or 65 of their 199 members, compared with 60% of House Democrats who voted for President Bush's "rescue" plan...
...House Democrats have two choices: move the bill further to the right to try and get more GOP votes (but risk alienating more Democrats) or forsake bipartisanship altogether and write a bill they like (with such provisions as more aid to ailing homeowners) that can garner enough Republican votes in the Senate and pass without input, or support, from House Republicans. Pelosi, however, has all along stressed the need to have bipartisan support for such a controversial bill only five weeks before Election Day. And some political observers argue that the Dems have very little incentive to take such...
...more than half to 18%, and was the outright winner among young Austrians under the age of 30. Haider, who broke with the Freedom Party to form his own Alliance for the Future of Austria in 2005, doubled his support in the few weeks immediately preceding the polls to garner an unexpected 11%. Within the 183-seat parliament, the Freedom Party is projected to take 35 seats, up from 21, while Haider's party is expected to get 21, up from just...