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...warned that a gaffe could doom his candidacy; before his convention, they said lingering resentments from the primary could overshadow his coronation. On Sept. 8, the New York Times reported on Democratic fears that Obama was struggling to raise money, shortly before he announced a record-breaking $66 million haul for August...
...that the future is generally being promoted by the seller, the way religions pitch their paths to an afterlife. You gotta believe! In investing we fall for it over and over because sometimes it actually works. Stocks do go up. Housing can be an O.K. investment over the long haul...
...Despite the fact that the University is not in the midst of a capital campaign, its fundraising level has kept it near the top of the heap in the world of higher education. In fiscal year 2007, Harvard’s $614 million haul was only exceeded by Stanford, which netted $832 million. The West Coast school is in the midst of a five-year, $4.3-billion capital campaign that is among the largest in the history of higher education...
...party system, each party must be broad enough to haul in diverse constituencies, so the idea of party unity is inevitably a screen that hides factions and rivalries. In St. Paul, the GOP assembled its screen with more than the usual amount of duct tape and staples showing. If they couldn't agree on politics, they could agree that John McCain is a patriot. They could rally to the conservative dog-whistle of low taxes and free enterprise. They could match the audacity of hope with the audacity of a thrice-married New York City mayor pretending to be horrified...
...This year's lineup comprises 312 films (249 features; the rest, short subjects). That number is down by 40 from last year's haul, thus allowing the bosses of the festival, Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey (replacing Noah Cowan), to congratulate themselves for streamlining the event. It's a little like a morbidly obese person bragging that he got through lunch eating only three bags of potato chips...