Word: jimming
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...legacy these days, no matter how it's packaged. Democrats and Republicans are paying attention to the speech only for whether it affects their electoral races. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's "pre-buttal" Friday didn't even mention Bush by name, while Senate majority leader Harry Reid's spokesman Jim Manley says the speech is "just a sideshow" that "helps to highlight how irrelevant the President...
...appointments committee. "We make lots of good appointments at the Law School, [but] this is one that really excites me." Fallon added that Klarman—who won the Bancroft Prize, the most prestigious prize for American historical writing, for his 2005 book “From Jim Crow to Civil Rights”—will add a new perspective on the role of the Supreme Court. Klarman, who was originally offered a faculty position in the spring of 2006, was attracted to the Law School after spending time as a visiting professor in the 2005-2006 academic...
...nomination race. (Daschle, it must be noted, is backing Obama.) Some Democrats were particularly taken aback after Clinton called Obama's candidacy a "fairy tale" in New Hampshire, though Clinton later recanted, saying he was referring to Obama's position on the war in Iraq. South Carolina Representative Jim Clyburn, the No. 3 House Democrat, went so far as to call on Clinton "to chill a little...
...Sinners. The website fasola.org lists a "singing" near you on almost any weekend. A documentary, Awake My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp, is airing on more than 120 public TV stations, and an album is in the works featuring alt-folk god Sufjan Stevens, alt-country hero Jim Lauderdale and (!) Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones...
...places in between. They will lead study groups where students can gain a firsthand perspective on public service, and work with undergraduates on special projects. In addition to several politicians and political journalists, the institute also selected an environmental advocate as a result of student interest, IOP Director Jim Leach said yesterday. The fellows include David Yepsen, a political columnist for The Des Moines Register who has covered the Iowa caucus since the 1976 presidential election. He hopes to study the role of early primary election states in the presidential nomination process. “We’re ground...