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This sort of tariff would undoubtedly hurt schools’ fundraising programs: If donors knew that the money they bequeathed to their alma mater would partially or fully be heading to the state (or push the target college or university over the $1 billion mark), they would think twice before writing that check. While the donations that some of these schools receive are more than just hefty, the amount of money schools would be required to give under this tax would often be even greater. For example, under this law, Harvard would have to pay $875 million dollars...
...other hand, the Clinton camp has to be careful. As evidenced by the reaction to Bill Clinton's Jesse Jackson comments, South Carolina showed that if they are perceived to be blowing the race "dog whistle" it can hurt them, and bad. At least one uncommitted superdelegate in North Carolina said this week that pushing that button could push him away. "I do expect Sen. Obama to be the nominee," Brad Miller, the Congressman from North Carolina's 13th congressional district, told me Monday morning at his campaign office off an underground garage in downtown Raleigh. "And if 'electability...
...eliminated a 13% tax rebate on grain exports. Since a substantial portion of Chinese-grown rice and grains go to the North on commercial terms - Beijing's overall agricultural trade and aid to Pyongyang is an official state secret, so no one knows precisely how much - those policy changes hurt overall food supply in the North, and also helped continue to drive up food prices in the country...
...pickup basketball. His daughters, 9-year-old Malia and 6-year-old Sasha, were on the campaign trail with Obama for the first time since Iowa. That was largely due to the fact that it was a weekend and they live in nearby Illinois - but it didn't hurt to remind people that this is a man with a family life...
...Mainland businesspeople are hurt, too. At Shenzhen's Luohu Commercial City-the mega mall that's a magnet for tourists seeking a bargain, and where Salim aimed to go-shopkeepers say fewer foreign customers are showing up. "Before, we were so busy. We're not selling much anymore; by 5 or 6 p.m., we're just playing cards," says Lin Ming, a clothing shop owner whose sales have dropped by 50% in the last month...