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...Crimson battled back in the third set, going on an 8-4 run with the help of a kill from Kuld. Harvard held the lead temporarily, but the team lost momentum when it miscommunicated on a play. Co-captain Gil Weintraub set the ball for a spike, but nobody was there to hit it, as the players watched the ball fall to the ground...
Despite the political stalemates in recent months, young Americans’ approval of President Barack Obama has held steady since November, according to a poll released yesterday by the Institute of Politics...
...over 20%. Outside such liberal enclaves as Charlottesville, the district is a conservative stronghold of farms and small-business owners who resent federal intrusions. In 2008, Perriello cashiered incumbent Republican Virgil Goode by capitalizing on an Obama-fueled turnout of African-American and college-age voters. And while Perriello held 21 health care town halls last summer, the most of any member of Congress, his support of health care reform and cap-and-trade legislation - as well as the district's natural tilt - has stamped a bull's-eye on his back...
...Administration faces Senate challenges on the issue from several quarters. Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman introduced a bill last week that would block civilian trials for foreign terrorism suspects, prevent terrorism suspects from being read Miranda rights and require that they be held in military detention. McCain and Lieberman are close to Graham, and their proposed legislation has raised questions among supporters of civilian trials about the usefulness of negotiating with Graham...
When the state-friendly Russian oil company Surgutneftegas held its annual shareholders meeting in the Siberian city of Surgut two years ago, the proceedings in the shabby auditorium started off as tightly scripted as a Politburo meeting. That is, until the moderator called for questions and Alexei Navalny took the stage. In front of some 300 stunned shareholders, Navalny, who owned about $2,000 worth of stock in the company, grilled senior management for several minutes about the company's minuscule dividends and opaque ownership. When he finished, there was a brief silence and then an unexpected burst of applause...