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Another key candidate will be Neil Kinnock, whose leftist leanings and easy candor make him just about the only leading Labor figure with support from both wings of the party. As Labor spokesman for education, he opposes private schools and wants universities open to all without competitive exams. Nonetheless, Kinnock may have a tough battle for the top spot: he is already on the hit list of party radicals angered by his vote to expel the Militant Tendency from the party...
Narayanamurti was selected by former University President Neil L. Rudenstine and former Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles to build up Harvard's presence in the applied sciences...
...lack of experience can even seem like an asset to young voters. "I like that he's new," says Neil Stewart, 18, a freshman at the University of Colorado in Boulder. "We need some freshness in our government right now." Obama's "inexperience means he comes in with a fresh look and isn't quite as jaded by the political system as most other people are," says Jennifer Zamarripa, 26, a University of Denver law-school student. "He's new and modern and breaking with the past," says José Villanueva, 21, a senior at Claremont McKenna College in California...
...answer may well come further south, in Florida, when the state holds its primary on Jan. 29 and the race for the nomination will essentially be reset. "McCain comes into this thing with momentum, but so does Mitt Romney," says unaligned Republican pollster Neil Newhouse. (Romney won Saturday's largely uncontested Nevada caucus.) "And Rudy Giuliani is waiting down there with a welcome sign. It's the only state where all four of the leading candidates have a shot to win this thing...
...Tuesday, traffic police briefly detained the director of BC's St Petersburg office Stephen Kinnock (and son of former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock), claiming they "detected the strong smell of alcohol" emanating from him. The BC rejected the claim that Kinnock had been drunk, and protested the harassment. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband also accused Russia of "completely unacceptable" behavior. In a statement to MPs in the House of Commons on Thursday, Miliband expressed "anger and dismay" at Russia's actions adding: "We saw similar actions during the Cold War but frankly thought they had been put behind...