Word: michigan
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...wanted to talk about the environment," said Tad Devine, a partner in the firm of Shrum, Devine & Donilon, "and I said to him, 'Look, you can do that, but you're not going to win a single electoral vote more than you now have. If you want to win Michigan and western Pennsylvania, here are the issues that really matter-this is what you should talk about...
...Gore won Michigan and Pennsylvania, but he lost an election he should have won, and he lost it on intangibles. He lost it because he seemed stiff, phony and uncomfortable in public. The stiffness was, in effect, a campaign strategy: just about every last word he uttered-even the things he said in the debates with George W. Bush-had been market-tested in advance. I asked Devine if he'd ever considered the possibility that Gore might have been a warmer, more credible and inspiring candidate if he'd talked about the things he really wanted to talk about...
...career tech, as it's commonly called--more often involves a computer mouse than a lathe. More than 15 million middle and high school and community-college students are enrolled, up 58% since 2000, in programs like biotechnology and computer networking. According to a 1998 University of Michigan study, high-risk students are eight to 10 times less likely to drop out if they enter a career-tech program. And the notion that career tech is useful only for the student with no college plans is outdated; students who have taken career tech enter college at the same rate...
...home on Friday and lost 10-6 to the Bears (11-13, 4-3) on Saturday afternoon in Providence, before losing to Wolverines (22-11, 6-1 CWPA Western Division) 12-9 in the evening.MICHIGAN 12, HARVARD 9Harvard fought hard against the No. 17-ranked Wolverines, but Michigan scored four times in the fourth quarter to win in Providence.Captain driver Arin Keyser scored four times for the Crimson, while senior 2M-O Molly Mehaffey added three.“This was a great game for us,” Keyser said. “We came out really motivated after...
...would likely chair the House Government Reform Committee if Democrats win control of the House, sent a letter to the White House asking for "a full accounting" of "the President and Vice President's actions in authorizing leaks of classified intelligence about Iraq." Democratic Rep. John M. Dingell of Michigan, who, as a 50-year member, is dean of the House, said the "protection of those who risk their lives for our security is a non-negotiable responsibility of the Commander in Chief...