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...Mike" over the Huck boosters, who scream "We Like Mike," and the press is jammed by the dozens in the middle, unable to get through the front door to witness the day's crucial newsmaking moment, when the Huck-a-campaign pulls off its latest Huck-a-coup - the launch of the Huck-a-burger. Yes, this is really happening...
...campaign coup de grace came on Monday, when the schedule said Huck and Chuck would "attend the launch of the Huckaburger." So ensued the mob outside the Barley House, the chanting Paul supporters, the frustrated journalists. Few were able to see the actual burger, which consisted of bison meat on a whole wheat bun with spinach and a fried pickle, according to a senior aide. But then that may be okay for the still soaring Huckabee campaign. The fact that more than a hundred people strained outside the restaurant window for a glimpse of a piece of meat was validation...
...Partly to counter this problem, Deng Yijian, deputy director of the center, recently announced the launch of an art-education project including lectures on Western classical music. The theater has also promised to offer more affordable tickets for coming performances. "The National Grand Theater is not an exclusive club for the prestigious," says Deng, "but a public cultural infrastructure for everyone." It wasn't for everyone during opening week. But if Deng is right, "the egg" just needs more time to hatch...
MISS IOWA 2004--CAROLYN NICHOLAS Haugland--had sung at many political events, from Governor Chet Culver's inauguration to visits by President George W. Bush. But former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson was the first candidate to really inspire her. After singing for his Sept. 6 campaign launch in Des Moines, the 27-year-old real estate lawyer gave her résumé to Bob Haus, Thompson's Iowa state director. Within a week she was hired as the campaign's Iowa communications director, even though she had had only one political internship. "I will always take someone with passion as well...
...your dyslexia hindered you in the business world? -Skye O'Brien, Dartmouth, Mass.Strangely, I think my dyslexia has helped. When I launch a new company, I need to understand the advertising. If I can understand it, then I believe anybody can. Virgin speaks in normal language instead of using phrases that nobody understands, like "financial-service industry...