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...cold January night in Iowa that he calls the highlight of the whole campaign, he offered a glimpse of the possible. Caucus-night victory speeches are usually sweaty affairs in crowded rooms full of debts to pay off. But Obama got up in his tightened tie and with total focus, in front of a teleprompter so he'd be sure to get it exactly right, delivered what even skeptics called one of the great political sermons of our time. "They said this day would never come," he declared. "They said this country was too divided, too disillusioned to ever come...
...Seen by all of her teammates, coaches, and the people around her, Richardson’s hard work has definitely paid off. This past Saturday, Richardson had perhaps the highlight of her early collegiate career. Placing fourth overall in the Ivy Heptagonal Championships with a time of 17:43.0, Richardson prevented a traditionally-powerhouse Princeton team from sweeping the top six in the 5K event...
...Highlight Reel:1. On Christie's chief auctioneer, Christopher Burge: "Many would die to get their hands on Burge's highly confidential 'book.' It's a sort of script for the sale. Tonight's contains sixty-four pages, one for each lot of art. A single page contains an annotated chart of where everyone is sitting, marked with who is expected to bid and whether that person is an aggressive buyer or a 'bottom-feeder' looking for a bargain. On each page Burge has also recorded the amounts left by absentee bidders, the seller's reserve (the price under which...
...Blonde,” while not likely to start a phenomenon like “Mamma Mia’s” global ABBA fever, does have it’s own sort of cultural influence: “Is He Gay or European?” is the highlight of the show and has certainly already become an ubiquitous pop-culture reference. (And for the record, Carlos the pool boy is both gay and European.)Of the two innovations the musical conjured, only one adds to overall pleasure. Elle, out to prove that a nice pink dress...
...friends Dole brought on board to celebrate the last 96 hours was Sen. John McCain, who still remembers those days as a highlight of his political life. "He was unleashed," McCain fondly recalled of Dole, during an interview in the spring of 2007. "He knew he was going to lose...