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That said, two of the candidates offer us a glimmer of hope. For president, we endorse Dave Hanselman. Of the four presidential candidates, Hanselman strikes us as the most mature and experienced. As his position paper and door-to-door campaigning demonstrate, he is serious about the job. He has a broad vision and a concrete platform. He is confident, charismatic and, we hope, capable...
...team that didn't have the slightest glimmer of an offensive opportunity in the first 50 minutes of play suddenly broke away from the Harvard defense in a 3-on-1 breakaway...
...land," writes Irish novelist Edna O'Brien, "and brother no longer gasped at the bloodshed of brother." For the past 25 years, since the "troubles" began in the North, sectarian killings bore bloody testimony to the truth of that verdict. Now, following months of secret negotiations, there appears a glimmer of hope that peace...
...glimmer of hope that peace may be around the corner...
...stories of those in Lake Providence reminds him of the buoyancy of the human spirit. "What's amazing to me is the extent to which people can remain cheerful," White says. "If it were not for the black church, their morale probably would have already collapsed." Lake Providence's glimmer of hope is its prospect of becoming a federal "empowerment zone." If it does, White plans to continue visiting the town to see the results. Though it will take years to turn things around, White has seen how government intervention can improve the lives of the poor. "Were...