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...Mitt Romney has a few cards to play on February 5, too. He ought to do well in Utah, Montana and Massachusetts. If he cornered one fourth of California's CDs as well he could add nearly 150 delegates to his tally. (Romney is ahead of the other Republicans in total delegates as things stand now; at the same time, Massachusetts is a proportional primary, meaning he'd likely not get all the delegates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Split Decision on Super Tuesday? | 1/21/2008 | See Source »

...also know this isn't the whole picture. Most daters find themselves at some point with a match who ought to be perfect but with whom for some reason the chemistry isn't there. Why do the principles of smart shopping give us only the rough statistics of mate choice, not the final pick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crazy Love | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...also holds a realistic view of American education, having criticized No Child Left Behind and asserted that states ought not be forced to comply with it if they believes it interferes with their ability to effectively educate the state’s children...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: McCain for Republican Nominee | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...Republican abandoning the usual G.O.P. talking points has been Huckabee, who has sounded a more populist tone. "One thing a presidential candidate ought to be doing is acknowledging the 800-lb. gorilla that's in the room with us," he says. "It's astonishing to me when I hear the people in our party just act as if the economy is doing superb, and there's no issue to worry about. Too many Americans potentially could go into foreclosure on their homes. That has a rippling effect on the economy." Huckabee's prescriptions for giving the economy a quick boost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can the Economy Save Mitt Romney? | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...Kenya," said Roland Peterson, who wore a bright white woolen hat embroidered with a New York Yankees logo, dancing around a flaming barricade in the Kibera slum. "It was peaceful but now they are killing our people, we can't maintain peace while they are killing our people. We ought to fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya's Protests: A Moment of Truth? | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

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