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...polls two weeks before voting and that his combative performance in the televised debates had boosted his standing and demoralized the opposition. They sketch the sociology of the incumbent's support base and why it would support him against a candidate backed by the widely disliked establishment heavyweight Hashemi Rafsanjani, against whom Ahmadinejad campaigned. They don't, however, deal with substantive questions about whether and how the votes were counted. The Guardian Council has, after all, ordered a partial recount (meaning that they're going to recount ballots only from voting stations contested by the losing candidates). And obviously, there...
...storied history, the 2009 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships was moved from its usual east coast location to Sacramento, Calif., where the nation’s top crews duked it out from Thursday through Saturday. The 2000-meter Lake Natoma course played host to five men’s heavyweight events (a reduction from previous years) as well as a men’s and women’s lightweight competition. Also making its first appearance in this year’s iteration of the regatta was a new selection standard, which required boats to now qualify for entry while prohibiting...
...decision to make sweeping changes to the federal budget suggested a vigorous defense of an answer he gave on the campaign trail. But other moves, such as the recent nomination of Judge Sonia M. Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, whom most legal analysts do not consider a liberal intellectual heavyweight to counter Justice Antonin G. Scalia, or the decision to delay repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, suggest Clintonian moderation. I retain great hopes for the next four (or eight) years of this White House. Alexander Hamilton famously said, “Those who stand...
Though it wasn’t always pretty, the No. 6 Radcliffe women’s heavyweight crew team is back where it ended last season—at the NCAA Championships. The 2009 season held its share of losses to perennial rivals, but the Black and White saved some of its most competitive racing for May and managed to earn a bid to Camden, New Jersey.In addition to the victories on the race course, four rowers—sophomore Olivia Coffey, incoming co-captain Laura Huppert, senior Esther Lofgren and captain Anna Kendrick—were named...
...that’s been the story since I got here,” O’Connor said. “With injuries, we don’t have the depth that other teams have.” Despite a slew of setbacks that sidelined Jantzen, Caputo, rookie heavyweight Spencer Desena, and others, Crimson coach Jay Weiss took encouragement from the squad’s resilience all season. “When the injury bug hits us, some of our [team] goals are unattainable,” he said. “But we really kept focused on what...