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...Research Group, in which Shaheen led Sununu by 10 points. The DSCC has promised Shaheen its full support if she decides to run, Murphy said. Shaheen was New Hampshire’s first woman governor, serving three terms before running for Senate in 2002, when she lost by a narrow margin to Sununu. She served as the national chair for John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004 before taking the helm of the IOP. She emerged as the Democratic forerunner for the 2008 Senate race in 2006, when popular Governor John Lynch indicated that he would not pursue...
Tourists have long admired Saint-Gilles for its ancient center: narrow streets, tightly packed stone buildings and 12th century monastery ruins. Its more recent political history, however, has given this Languedoc town a kind of ill fame across France. In 1989, Saint-Gilles became the first town to elect a mayor from the extreme-right National Front party. The National Front leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, a perennial loser in presidential elections, has consistently placed first in Saint-Gilles. In short, the town has voted for the kind of xenophobic zealotry that for many years was disavowed by polite French...
...taking on the heavyweight teams from Bucknell, Rhode Island, and Boston College, the weekend’s race only served as a training run for the inexperienced lightweights as they prepare for one of the biggest races of their spring season. CLASS OF 1975 CUP Coming off a narrow defeat at the hands of now No. 1 Brown last weekend, the Black and White heavyweights were looking to bounce back. With a six-second victory over the No. 6 Tigers by the Radcliffe first varsity, the mission was accomplished. “This is definitely an important...
...They should have written a narrow, restrained opinion indicating that they had no jurisdiction,” said Judge Carlos F. Lucero, who serves on the Denver-based Tenth Circuit. “In today’s parlance, they were cruisin’ for a bruisin’, and they...
...points of both games.” In the second game, Harvard and Stevens remained neck-and-neck, tallying hitting percentages of .323 and .500, respectively, as they kept the score close by exchanging points until the final moments of the game. Junior Jordan Weitzen registered a kill to narrow the lead to 27-26, and freshman Gil Weintraub’s kill again brought the Crimson with one point of the Ducks, 28-27. But the Crimson’s 22 hitting errors and 15 serving errors overall took a toll on Harvard’s chances of success...