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...encouraged their fellow undergraduates to attend tomorrow’s hearing. “My main concern is to organize the event so that the bill passes,” Anene said. “We’re going to have college students come out in their college gear,” Beasley added. “We’d like to fill up a room. We want the Senate and House members to see how much support there is for the bill and how important...
...these things take time." But as foreign rivals increasingly put the squeeze on Chrysler on its home turf, it can't afford to take a leisurely scenic route to global success. Chrysler's biggest worry is it left it too late to put its international ambitions into high gear...
...tried to pace this thing the right way and keep our blinders on," says Axelrod, fully embracing the hoary horse-race metaphor. "We're pursuing a strategy that aims at doing well in Iowa and going on from there." And lately Obama seems to have shifted into a different gear, one that suggests some urgency to gain ground. His debate performances have gotten sharper. He has a new, edgier stump speech that pounds harder at his theme of change and attempts to paint Clinton as what his strategists call a quasi-incumbent. Obama is embracing a more populist approach...
...perfect match when the Obama campaign chose to buck the traditional system of hiring a vendor to produce and distribute its paraphernalia. The bulk of the profit from $20.08 T shirts (the most popular item) and other gear goes to the campaign as a donation. Baltes produces the goods and ships them to wherever Obama is speaking; last-minute events may find one of his employees scrambling for a flight with suitcases stuffed full of Obama swag. Other candidates have now expressed interest in Baltes' wares. But his loyalty--and business--remains with Obama...
...Rumors of the secret talks sent beverage industry speculation into high gear, although government and company officials rushed to deny there were any talks at all. Key government ministers have suggested publicly that they would like to sell off the government-owned brewer, but that privatization is not around the corner...