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...approximately 95 who piled onto the chartered Jet Blue Airbus 320 that flew the whole show from Newark to San Diego and finally to Phoenix on Super Tuesday. After a crowded, chaotic press conference featuring Rudy Giuliani and former New York Governor George Pataki in New York's Grand Central Station Monday afternoon - a press conference at which McCain took just three questions - Mark Salter, the candidate's close adviser and speechwriter, shook his head. "We're not used to being this big," he said with a scowl as he looked at his watch. "We've been late...
...outside Spain, some authorities have been unimpressed with that response. The International Automobile Federation, which oversees Formula One, warned that it may impose sanctions against Spain, including possibly removing the country's two Grand Prix races - including one at Montmeló - scheduled for later this year. Calling the events "sickening," British sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe told the BBC that the events "bring in question whether the Grand Prix should be held at this track." He also said that he would be writing to his Spanish counterpart, Jaime Lissavetsky, to express his outrage. "Racism should not be tolerated and this...
...Still, with the threat of losing the Grand Prix scheduled for Barcelona on April 27 hanging over it, Spanish officials in both sports and government are promising to take new steps to ensure racism doesn't make the same inroads into car racing that it has into soccer. "That's what we're missing," says Ibarra. "Firmness...
...quite a triumph of logistics. The organizers just hadn't reckoned with the outpouring of exuberance of overseas Americans given an opportunity to cast off the taint of the Bush years. Democrats Abroad U.K. had booked Porchester Hall, a grand Victorian edifice built for public functions, which ought to have been roomy enough. Pop star Elton John celebrated his birthday there with a few hundred of his closest friends in 1994, and the complex has regularly accommodated large-scale awards ceremonies and posh parties. The Dems had arranged volunteers to man the registration desks, and more to serve refreshments. (Even...
This past fall, the New College Theater celebrated its grand re-opening with an excellent production of the hilariously absurd play, “Oh Dad, Poor Dad.” Like many other Harvard theatrical productions, however, the triumph of the production was attenuated by the lack of minorities in the cast. Sadly, many audience members and production staff were oblivious to the lack of minority representation...