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...both. I want President Obama and Secretary Clinton to read it, but I also think that at the end of the day, leaders don't tend to truly lead on issues where our values are concerned; they respond to public pressure and public demand. If one could raise the salience of Congo, for example, on the national agenda, then that impels leaders to lead...
When Amanda Castignetti scored at 11:19 in the third, Harvard still a one-goal lead. But a little over eight minutes later, RPI senior Allison Wright found the puck on a breakaway. With 35 seconds left in regulation, she sent it past Bellamy...
Wright scored two goals within a minute of ice time to turn Harvard’s one-goal lead on its head, giving RPI a 3-2 overtime victory. The senior’s second goal of the night came 19 seconds into extra time—and mirrored the score of last year’s ECAC semifinal contest, when the Engineers ended the Crimson’s season in an overtime heartbreaker...
...after shooting down the missile, the three companies' p.r. shops deployed superlatives in close formation. Lockheed boasted that the test "validates the effectiveness of this revolutionary technology." Northrop declared the laser's "unprecedented mobility, precision and lethality" will lead to "game-changing technology for our military forces." Boeing said "the capability to precisely project force, in a measured way, at the speed of light, will save lives."(See a brief history of intergalactic warfare...
...most vulnerable incumbents up for re-election, and the last time a Democratic majority leader was staring down the barrel of incredibly bad poll numbers, South Dakota's Tom Daschle spent much of 2004 frozen like a deer in the headlights before losing. Reid, by contrast, has taken the lead on everything from health care to the jobs bill, but the scattershot processes he has overseen have only hurt his standing in his home state...