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...entire adult life in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body, coming in at age 30. He's very much a creature of Washington and often sounds like it when he's delivering long-winded answers on Sunday talk shows. He'll also have the problem of being a Northeastern liberal Senator, with a voting record that according to National Journal, a non-partisan D.C policy magazine, is very similar to Hillary Clinton's; however Biden, as a noted foreign policy hawk, doesn't have the perception of being as liberal as Clinton...
...most Republicans are not George Bush--among other things, they still need to get re-elected--which is why, as a Northeastern G.O.P. official said, the issue of stem-cell research could be "a stinker" for the party. "When you're portrayed as arguing against treatment of disease," he admits, "it's a tough place to be politically." Democrats, who overwhelmingly support expanded research, seem happy with the looming veto as a consolation prize; some were already running ads. "It's going to be a symbol of standing in the way of progress," says Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel, whose...
Both Patrick and Christopher F. O. Gabrieli ’81, the 2002 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, committed to joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)—a pact among several Northeastern states to reduce carbon emissions that Governor W. Mitt Romney opposes...
Even plaintiffs' lawyers concede that food litigation is not exactly parallel to tobacco cases. "There are obvious causation issues," says Richard Daynard, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law, who was active in bringing lawsuits against Big Tobacco companies. "Someone who eats often at McDonald's also probably doesn't eat well at home and may lead a sedentary lifestyle." Food also has health benefits. But "there is no such thing as a healthy diet of smoking or smoking in moderation," says Daynard...
There's no shortage of people willing to consider litigation. Professor Daynard recently helped host a conference at Northeastern University School of Law to discuss "Legal Approaches to the Obesity Epidemic." More than 100 academicians, public-health experts and foundation representatives attended--along with several trial lawyers in training. Says Brian Murphy, a recent graduate of Rutgers Law School: "It's a very important and pressing issue, and its outcome will be with us for years to come. I'm hoping to be able to build a career out of this issue...