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...Whereas a bandwagon fan shows up in the ninth inning to pop the champagne.” Nevertheless, the pride of the fans in attendance was obvious. As the revelry of the night reached its apex, Red Sox fans hoisted Papelbon’s jersey on the flagpole of University Hall. “I’ve watched every pitch of the playoffs and haven’t done much work since the beginning of October,” said Jeffrey C. Holder ’09. After staving off elimination against the Cleveland Indians to clinch the American...
...student cultural organizations, and the Spee Club, and I don’t like it one bit. Harvard is incredibly generous to offer admission to people with such an odious and misplaced pride in their place of birth (though I suppose once they started taking people from New Jersey, they had to stay consistent). So here is my call, not for womanish leniency, but for more manful restrictions on the issuance of visas. As much as I support the concept of brain drain—it’s such an extravagance to send those we educate back to their...
...ever likely to be. The onetime New York mayor has never won a statewide race in New York, where Democrats outnumber Republicans roughly 5 to 3. In California, he would need to pick up well over a million votes from Bush's best showing there. New Jersey hasn't voted for a Republican for President since 1988, though there are indications it is becoming less blue than it used to be. When Rudy's backers say his name alone on the G.O.P. ticket would force the Democrats to spend money here or there, they are probably right...
...only Giuliani, or so his argument goes, can wage those races. "Do we give it away again? The margin of error isn't what it used to be. We decided to kiss away New York, California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan...
...true that Giuliani's more moderate positions on gays and abortion, and his tolerant notions about immigration, may mean that some of those states that have resisted Republicans in presidential contests in recent years might be on the table. Certainly New Jersey (15 electoral votes) , Connecticut (8) and parts of Pennsylvania (21) would go on any careful Democrat's watch list...