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...important to realize that much of the rest of the world's disdain for America originates in Bush's apparent contempt for international climate action, first indicated by his withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol process not long after taking office. Changing that attitude - even if real progress doesn't happen immediately, which it won't - would go a long way toward repairing America's image in the world. "The world needs to see the U.S. engage here," says Tercek...
Unless you win, in which case I am worried for you. Because if my headline does become another “Dewey Defeats Truman,” the students in the dining halls threatening to kill themselves will probably get violent, ugly things could happen in the swing states tonight, and bitter Obamacans across the nation will leave America even more polarized at a time when the country desperately needs to stick together to pull through. And just for that, I see why politically mild Canada would seem so appealing...
...even with years of planning, no one knows for sure what will happen at the precincts on Tuesday. One problem is predicting turnout. Election officials can guess at what will happen based on the number of total registered voters before the election and the rate of early or absentee votes. But they have to order machines and print ballots before voter registration and absentee voting end. This year in Virginia, Suleman and other officials are predicting 80% to 85% turnout, which would be unprecedented...
...seasoned election vet the jitters, and this year's expected high turnout could overwhelm the polling stations and complicate the process even more. "I'm always nervous," says Sheldon Gawiser, director of elections for NBC News, who has worked at the network for 40 years. "So many things can happen. The weather can be a mess. The computers and graphics can have a glitch. But quite frankly, I think we're really prepared. People will get mad at me for calling the primaries 'practice', but they just went on and on. We've gotten a lot of preparation from those...
...right-hand corner of the net, giving the Big Green the lead and eventually the win. “We played a pretty good game,” Stone said. “It looked like we would make it into overtime, but unfortunately it didn’t happen.” The Crimson could not match Dodds’ score in dropping its fifth straight game. Harvard’s offense, which failed to record a goal for the fourth time in five games, was stymied time after time by the Big Green defense and managed only three...