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McCain's best hope to defang Romney's powerful message of financial expertise may not lie in attempts to paint Romney as a flip-flopper, or in pumping up his own somewhat circumscribed policy background. Rather, some aides argue that Romney's private sector resume is, in itself, a handicap. McCain finance committee member John Lehman, a former investment banker and Secretary of the Navy, says that entrepreneurial experience is simply not transferable to the government sector. "It's so much more fun to run a company. You say, 'do something,' it gets done. You have the leverage of salary...
...even beyond political divides, Blair's biggest handicap in seeking the E.U. presidency is the one that inspired him to relinquish power in the U.K. last year: his significant unpopularity for his resolute partnership with the U.S. in its launch and persecution of war in Iraq. And that, Socialist Party leader François Hollande stated, is why Blair is unfit for the E.U.'s top job. Europe's presidency "will be about European policy, and about European independence from the United States," Hollande said. "I don't think Tony Blair corresponds to that profile...
...this deal to Harvard is clear: The University now owns a piece of land that is central to its vision for Allston. But the Charlesview residents stand to gain as well. The current buildings are in need of serious renovation, and most of the 213 units are not handicap accessible. Although the federal government pointed out the need for repair in 1995, it would have proved to be an exorbitantly expensive undertaking, costing millions. Harvard’s offer to build 213 replacement low-income apartments plus additional mixed-income units that may be for sale, rather than rent, should...
...Nicholas B. Snow ’09—whose grasp of the realities and challenges of dealing with the administration is limited at best.Though it is their greatest strength, Sundquist and Sarafa’s student-government experience may well also prove a handicap. As insiders, Sundquist and Sarafa bring with them the insularity endemic to the UC.This is particularly disconcerting given the fact that Sundquist served as vice president and Sarafa was a member of the UC’s six-person executive board during the party fund debacle of the past two months. After interim Dean...
Frank W. Marlowe, an anthropology professor at Florida State University and an author on the study, said that the “handicap principal” may play a part in the results...