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...Nixon's life was defined by a me-vs.-them resentment. In his mind, the 1960 presidential campaign was the battle of a Quaker poor boy, son of a grocer, against a Catholic rich kid, son of the whiskey merchant, and little Whittier College against mighty Harvard. (Yet after that very close election, which Kennedy won with some questionable vote counts in the crucial state of Illinois, Nixon overruled his aides' urging that he contest the result, saying that any delay in naming a new president would tear the country apart.) He felt scarred by outsider status even when...
...game winning streak and had just climbed to the top of the national polls. But then No. 2 New Hampshire was too tough an obstacle to overcome, sending Harvard home for the holidays with a 4-1 loss that will be fresh in the team’s minds tonight. “I think we do a good job of remembering our history with teams, and that loss last year was tough,” tri-captain Jenny Brine said. “It was one of two, so we definitely remember that game.”This year...
...They have the same goals in mind but aren’t cooperating,” Harshbarger said...
...likely. The campaign was hard fought, bordering on nasty, with loads of negative advertising on both sides. Coleman sued Franken during the campaign for defamation - the case was thrown out of court - and the two teams have already been battling before judges over recount issues. Which brings to mind the most dramatic and important recount in American history...
...important reason Bush has changed his mind, say Floridians who know the committed conservative, is that he fears last month's election calamity could dilute the ideological purity of the Republican Party. In an interview this week with Newsmax.com, Bush, 55, the outgoing President's younger brother, warned the GOP against becoming "Democrat lite. We can't just 'get along.'" Despite his disdain for Washington, the Senate would at least "give Jeb a bully pulpit," says a friend. That could help him keep his party from falling too far into the centrist, bipartisan hands of new Republican leaders like...