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...thought they deserved a lift. They were maybe a bit rattled, though in good spirits overall," he said...
Waldman remembers Summers' enthusiasm as they worked late one night on a speech Clinton was to give at a conference in Geneva two days later. A line in the speech mentioned how the global economy should lift people...
...honing campaign themes and building a political base by jotting on 3-by-5 cards the particulars of everyone they ever met, 100,000 names now. As time went on, she became less demure about being out front. She issued a mission statement focused on children's issues, helped lift Missouri to 10th place from 49th in child immunizations and lobbied the legislature ("Shamelessly," she says) for the Outstanding Schools Act, which resulted in smaller class size and more computers. It passed despite a tax increase. In her last conversation with her husband, who was calling from the plane...
SORCERY A pregame onfield ritual featuring Yoruba priestess Ava Kay Jones and a boa, below, is being credited with helping lift a curse on the New Orleans Saints, who won their first play-off game in 34 years...
...earlier start to the year would lift the Administration’s burden of providing special housing to student athletes, who currently must arrive at school several weeks early to train for a season corresponding to other schools’ schedules. An earlier end to the spring semester would assist students seeking jobs or summer programs that begin in late May, improving the reputation of the Office of Career Services. And the new schedule would save admissions officers from charges of hypocrisy, as they publicly decry student burnout and at the same time deny students so much as a single...