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...blog post echoes another op-ed Lewis and Computer Science Professor Fred Abernathy co-wrote for the Boston Globe in December, calling for some of Harvard’s seven Fellows (who have lifelong terms) to resign and demanding reform of Harvard’s governance structure...
...Hathaway played the role of Kym in Rachel Getting Married—a role that earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a drama...
...There's no chance China's gambit will deter the U.S. from backing Taiwan's ability to defend itself. But the test does signal a ratcheting up of tensions between Beijing and Washington, and highlights the continuing paradox of a strategic rivalry between two of the globe's biggest trading partners. The U.S. imports about $1 billion a day in Chinese goods to fill the shelves of Walmarts from coast to coast, making it the second-largest U.S. trading partner after Canada. That's a far different relationship than the U.S. had with the Soviet Union, its last strategic challenger...
...Since that poll left Democrats in the state and the nation's capital panicked about a possible upset, a Boston Globe poll found Coakley leading by 15 percentage points and one from the Mellman Group - albeit a Democratic-leaning organization - showed Coakley with a 14-point lead. But more important than the surveys themselves, the Massachusetts Democratic leadership seems to have been awakened by the closeness of the race - as, Coakley hopes, have been Democratic voters. (See Game Change: Why Harry Reid Said What He Said...
...heavy turnout is remains to be seen. While Dems have a 3 to 1 advantage in party registration, Republicans remain more motivated, says Andrew Smith, head of the University of New Hampshire's polling center, which conducted the Globe survey. "Coakley also has a distinct advantage in name recognition," Smith says. "But a low turnout election will help Brown." (See the top 10 political defections...