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...narrow margin of the last presidential election left those on the losing side second-guessing themselves. Many of them blamed the loss on the opposition's appeals to Christian voters and their own candidate's failure to answer basic questions about his personal faith. Determined to win the next election, party strategists mapped plans to neutralize the religion issue. Those plans included buffing their candidate's image as a believer, condemning the other party's ties to evangelical extremists and hailing their side's devotion to religious liberty...
...students passed (by an 82-percent margin) a referendum that called for the addition of an optional wind energy fee to their termbills. Administrators may have swiftly vetoed the initiative, but it ultimately resulted in the creation of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS)-backed Green Crimson Fund to educate students and bring $10,000 worth of renewable energy to campus. Students voted green again in 2006, demanding FAS adopt emissions reduction targets through another College-wide referendum. Even more widely supported than the wind referendum, this one garnered a “yes” from 88 percent...
Last Tuesday was supposed to be a triumphant day for journalists. After years of advocating for a federal “shield” law that would protect journalists from revealing confidential sources to the government in many situations, the House passed just such a bill by the staggering margin of 398 to 21. And just a few weeks ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly sent similar legislation to the Senate floor. Although the White House opposes the legislation, it seems that the votes to override a veto are in place. Many journalists, however, are far from satisfied with...
...having a dining service that actually cares—and outclasses any other college caterer. The technology’s extravagance alone calls HUDS’ judgment into question—its estimated $40,000 price tag (HUDS declined to provide any specific figures) hardly justifies the slim margin of convenience it may provide. Dish labels already include the most salient food information, from serving size and caloric content to saturated fat, total fat, protein, carbohydrate, and fiber content. Additional details are accessible on the HUDS website, a sleek, polished production designed to “defin[e] the HUDS...
...only Giuliani, or so his argument goes, can wage those races. "Do we give it away again? The margin of error isn't what it used to be. We decided to kiss away New York, California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan...