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...window for another controversial would-be power broker. Despite Nagin's sagging popularity, the colorful New Orleans mayor came back from the brink of political extinction by solidly winning a second term last November. He's something of a political chameleon, easygoing and businesslike when he needs to impress his conservative constituents and, since Hurricane Katrina, capable of a fiery, defiant oratory that has endeared him to a lot of African-Americans who are still struggling to get their lives back together - and who blame much of their difficulties on the state and federal governments...
...side, the President’s Harvard tour guides looked fearful: Kennedy had requested a visit to Weld 32, his freshman dorm room. They wanted nothing more than to impress their esteemed guest, but it was impossible. During a recent renovation, Kennedy’s former room had been turned into an elevator shaft...
...entire college career preparing for this moment—circle campus, delivering platitudinous speeches about arcane bureaucratic details. All the while, the busybody pretend-politicians of the Harvard Republican Club (HRC) and Harvard College Democrats issue tendentiously-phrased press releases on sundry college-related and national issues, hoping to impress future voters with their deft imitation of the duplicitous and evasive officials they aspire one day to replace...
...Rykine’s powerful leaps and turns, however, dominate the whole stage throughout the act. Not only does he impress with his high scissor kicks, but he also amazes with his incredible piroutte sequence...
...Deossie—the Bears’ first player ever to be invited to the combine. Deossie is projected to be taken in one of the middle rounds, while Dawson’s status is up in the air.NFL.com has also speculated that Farbotko has a shot after impressing scouts on Harvard’s pro day in March, but if anything, the senior is likely to become a free agent in some team’s camp.CLIF HANGERAfter becoming the Ivy League’s all-time leading rusher last fall with 3,628 career yards and despite setting...