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...especially Cuban Americans." She believes that informal voter surveys today show Florida's Cuban-American vote is holding steady enough for McCain to give him the state, where Obama has actually held a slight lead in the polls in recent weeks. And she rejects this year's popular media notion that the Cuban-American vote is somehow splitting between older, more hardline exiles and a younger, more moderate generation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Dispatches: It's Morning for the Kenyan Obamas | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

...scenes look at the making of a Broadway show. O’Keefe and Benjamin shared the process of approaching a new project and discussed how their Harvard experiences played into the musical’s score.“I drew on the tone from Harvard, from the notion of being plunged into this sea of people far more qualified than me, just like Elle,” O’Keefe said. He jokingly added, “I also tried to recapture the exact ways Harvard Law School students sing and dance.”Later...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Elle Woods Visits Her Alma Mater | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...Buchloh says. “It might be a misgeneralization on my side, but from the conversations that I’ve had in a variety of contexts, the comprehension of Warhol is not very well established.”The conference will attempt to dispel the notion of Andy Warhol as simply a celebrity in the realm of designers or a branded figure like a corporation. “I would like students to gain an interest and understanding that artistic practices are actually different from production practices in the area of contemporary fashion and consumption...

Author: By Kerry A. Goodenow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For His 80th, Warhol Granted More Than His 15 Minutes | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...about escalation, these grassroots movements escalate into something much bigger and more violent,” Thomas A. Marks of the National Defense University said while discussing the difference between colonial violence and tribal conflict. “It’s not simply about escalation, but about the notion of citizenship,” Elkins responded. “The idea that there were good things that the British did and bad things the British did and that we add them up and decide whether it’s good or bad is silly. It’s about...

Author: By Evan Kendall, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Probes Post-Colonial War | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...convince his party's leaders that the economic situation is so dire, and the public's opinion of Congress so low, that big new public-works projects will need the validation of an independent board? Will he be willing to spend his political capital on this relatively obscure notion? When Bill Clinton arrived in Washington, he found that his toughest challenge was herding the donkeys in his own party. The nation's capital awaits the new President, wondering not just who gets what, but also how tough - and skilled - the new guy will really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Priorities for the New President | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

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