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It’s not outright sexism that motivates this bias, Van Ummersen says, but simply the tendency of well-meaning board members to choose people with whom they are comfortable—people like themselves...
...unlike Keohane and other university presidents, none of the three leading internal candidates—Radcliffe Institute Dean Drew Gilpin Faust, Provost Steven E. Hyman, and Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan—has outright denied interest in the presidency...
...After just barely missing an outright election victory in the Nov. 7 election, Bonilla lost the runoff thanks to an energized Democratic base, a million-dollar campaign infusion from the Democratic Party and a call to arms by President Clinton, who came to San Antonio to campaign for Rodriguez. The victory underlined the popularity of both Bill and Hillary Clinton in the Lone Star State, and could even enhance Hillary's prospects in the 2008 presidential race. "Bill and Hilary are both popular in South Texas - that's a given," said former Democratic Party staffer and political analyst Andy Hernandez...
Penn and Princeton have dominated the league since its formal inception in 1955-56, and the last time a non-P won the league outright was Cornell in 1988. Either the Quakers or Tigers have gained a share of the league title, and captured the berth in the NCAA tournament, in 42 of the past 44 seasons...
...lying is usually less overt. A more typically card would read, "Deborah has gotten engaged, and Barry has gotten involved in community service." Unlike the case of outright lying, both of these statements are true, but here the tactful writer of this newsletter simply seems to have forgotten that Deborah was already six months pregnant before getting engaged and Barry was assigned his 40 hours by a district court judge...