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...hard to know which was worse about Barack Obama's dismissal of small-town voters as narrow-minded, churchgoing gun nuts: the original arrogance of his remarks or his repeated attempts to explain them. If there was any consolation to a campaign facing its most serious test yet, it was that attempts by both Hillary Clinton and John McCain to make hay at his expense did not go over very well either--which just serves as one more reminder of the challenge politicians face when they talk to and about voters who have lost the most in the economic earthquakes...
...relaunch his website within the next two months, adding many of the interactive features it lacks, including ones that will allow supporters to arrange house parties or write letters to the editor. The campaign is also banking on the historically superior volunteer efforts of the Republican National Committee to narrow the disparity in ground support. In 2004 the committee helped organize an estimated 1.4 million volunteers, many of whom responded to an online get-out-the-vote operation...
...reverse order and showed that a person’s estimate of the answer depends on whether the numbers are arranged in ascending or descending order, with higher estimates predicted when larger numbers come first. Kahneman explained that much of the success of his work has come from its narrow focus. “We did not try to make a general model of what we found because much of its meaning would have been lost,” he said. Although the work may be narrow in its focus, it has proved widely applicable, he said, especially...
...major lesson of Virginia Tech appears to be that most subsequent legislative changes happen only in the locale of the incident - and even then only incrementally, in a very narrow way that applies to the specific shooting and not to the gun problem generally. "I'm very concerned that there is this level of acceptance - that these shootings are just going to happen no matter what," says Thom Mannard, president of States United to Prevent Gun Violence. "What never really seems to occur is a real, thorough discussion on the fact that often the only common denominator in these tragedies...
...dramatic grand final.On Saturday, the Crimson again found itself trailing defending champion Cornell, this time in Harvard’s season-opening dual race on Lake Cayuga.The Crimson’s three varsity eights all fell to the Big Red, while Harvard’s two freshman boats captured narrow victories over host Cornell. Both the Harvard varsity and second varsity boats handily beat third-place Penn, with the Crimson’s second varsity crossing the line 32.2 seconds before the Quakers’ junior varsity.“It’s an interesting challenge [to start...