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...island’s politics. All three are officers of the Cuban American Undergraduate Student Association (CAUSA). They note, however, that their views are their own and not of the organization, which strives to be inclusive.Their interest is personal as well as political: each has parents who fled the nation after Fidel Castro took power, and each looks to the day when the Cuban people will have more than one choice for president on their ballots.The formal transfer of power from Fidel Castro to his brother Raul Castro marks the first transfer of power in 49 years. For most Harvard...
...That was the nation's first look at what has become a signature of Clinton family politics: When trouble comes, jab the media. Deep as their resentments are of the "vast right-wing conspiracy," as Hillary Clinton dubbed their political foes, the family's opinion of the press is even lower. "All reporters do is observe and criticize," Clinton biographer John F. Harris wrote, summarizing their views. "They don't do anything." Political enemies at least stand for something. As polls routinely show, much of the American public shares this low regard, which makes the media an ideal enemy...
...right call: Maduka set school records in the 60-meter dash, the long jump and the triple jump and was named the meet’s Most Outstanding Performer for the second straight year. Her performance in the long jump—the third-longest in the nation this year—set a meet record and easily eclipsed the NCAA automatic standard.Saturday was a great day for Jeomi Maduka, but you can’t say the same for the Cornell women’s basketball team.The Big Red entered last weekend in sole possession of first place...
...nation's largest umbrella labor organization, the AFL-CIO, has yet to endorse a candidate, though they freed member unions to endorse whomever they wished. So far 12 of those unions have picked Clinton, including the powerful American Federation of State, Municipal and County Employees and the American Federation of Teachers; just five chose Obama...
Crude Facts: Right now, Venezuela can't risk any threat to its oil industry, which still accounts for a third of the nation's gross domestic product, half of government revenues and 80% of export earnings. Even the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), of which Venezuela is a founding member, reports that Venezuelan crude production is still well below the more than 3 million barrels a day that the state-owned oil monopoly, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), pumped before it suffered a debilitating management strike in 2002 and 2003. Experts agree that the shortfall in output is largely...