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Pennsylvania is a swing state not because of a moderate disposition (it's no Iowa or New Mexico) but because it encompasses the incongruities of American society, from the bluest of blue-blooded aristocrats on Philadelphia's Main Line to the bluest of blue-collar guys in the bars of Aliquippa. It's urban; it's rural. It's the Mellon Bank; it's the United Mine Workers. It's Swarthmore; it's South Philly. It's Andy Warhol; it's Joe Paterno. In the Republic's early days, someone dubbed Pennsylvania the Keystone State because it was the place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PA. Gets its Political Close-Up | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

Racial discrimination is the main reason many black people can't get ahead these days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PA. Gets its Political Close-Up | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

...They said a main objective of the site—which was the only business to receive a grant in this category—is to draw young people into the political sphere...

Author: By Betsy L. Mead, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Student Entrepreneurs Get Lift, Prize Money | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

...amidst opposition cries of rigged elections, Mugabe launched a dictatorial land reform that obliterated productivity. But rather than benefiting disenfranchised black peasants, the program left Mugabe’s inner circle of political allies with much of the land. With the main source of hard currency in shambles the spectacular crash of a once-thriving economy, inflation took off. The government printed trillions of dollars, and inflationary expectations became embedded in the economic cycle...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Colonialism Redux | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

Harvard’s universal unlimited meal plan allows freedom from worries concerning finite “credits” for busy students. At many other schools, students are faced with a set of dining limits. Boston College’s main meal plan gives their students $1,995 for dining to spend at will over the course of each semester. New York University offers a selection of meals per week or meals per semester for the buffet-style dining halls with a semesterly allowance (much like our Board Plus) for café-style establishments Under these plans, students have...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Phaneuf | Title: May the Outsiders Starve | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

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