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...firefight has broken out over the size of the Pentagon's 2009 budget request. Defense Secretary Robert Gates argues that his $515.4 billion budget - 3.4% of the nation's gross domestic product - is a bargain by historic standards. "To give you some basis of comparison in terms of the last times we were at war," he explained, "during the Korean War the percentage of GDP going to defense was about 14%, and during Vietnam it was about 9%." But critics, using a different yardstick, found the Pentagon's request historically high. The New York Times editorial page said Tuesday that...
...their best and we just have to deal with what we have.” Despite the gloomy outlook of being short-handed, Harvard came out of the gates motivated to make up for their early deficit. Sophomore J.P. O’Connor, the third ranked wrestler in the nation at the 149 lb. weight class, kicked off the meet against No. 20 Mike Roberts. The duo grappled in an intense match, with O’Connor getting the nod 3-2 over Roberts with a crucial penalty point. The victory improved O’Connor’s record...
...already broken Ali Boe ’06’s single season Harvard record of seven in last Sunday’s 4-0 win over Dartmouth, Kessler now stands only three shutouts shy of Boe’s Crimson career record of 15. Kessler also leads the nation in goals against average (0.84), save percentage (.960) and win percentage (.947), leaving some of her teammates with only superlatives left in their vocabulary when asked to describe Kessler’s performance this season.“Great,” freshman forward Liza Ryabkina said...
...bigger Super Tuesday states have more sway in picking party nominees - places like California, New York, Illinois and New Jersey. But the other states can't match Missouri's record as a barometer of the nation's mood. In politics, as in geography, Missouri is a state in the middle, where east meets west, north meets south, urban meets rural. For 100 years, no one has served as President who didn't carry Missouri at least once...
...Latino vote in California. Though both Richardson and Oropeza disavowed racial overtones in the primary, most of Richardson's endorsers were African-American and Oropeza's were Latino. "Yes, race does exist, but more than that people are concerned about the issues," Richardson said. "We have double the nation's unemployment rate; people care about whether they have...