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...headliners in a wide variety of disciplines - the arts and humanities, public policy, science and economics - ranging from writers like Dave Eggers to doctors like Paul Farmer. "We wanted to identify people who were full of promise," says Teresa Heinz, who created the awards after her then husband, Pennsylvania Senator John Heinz, died in a helicopter crash in 1991. "We wanted to continue John's work...
...Almost immediately, newly Obama-supporting Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania opined to liberal talk radio host Bill Press, “[Wilson] apologized immediately afterward but I don’t think that’s adequate... If an apology is the consequence of an outburst, I think we can expect more—that’s not a sufficient penalty. That’s not a sufficient price to pay. I’m not saying the guy should be kicked out of the House…but there ought to be some rebuke, reprimand, censure?...
...University of Pennsylvania is sponsoring four short outdoor talks each semester, consisting of lectures that are 60 seconds each, to give professors an opportunity to showcase their research. With only a minute to talk, maybe these professors will have to start speaking as fast as high school CX debaters (start...
...University of Pennsylvania is sponsoring four short outdoor talks each semester, consisting of lectures that are 60 seconds each, to give professors an opportunity to showcase their research. With only a minute to talk, maybe these professors will have to start speaking as fast as high school CX debaters (start...
...aisle, where Maine's Olympia Snowe is currently considered the most likely convert. During the summer of discontent, the White House stopped reaching out to some key potential votes: the other Senator from Maine, Susan Collins, says she hasn't heard from anyone at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue since July, and retiring Ohio Senator George Voinovich, another Republican often mentioned by Dems as a potential swing vote, has also heard nothing from Obama or his staff. Both were put off by the President's speech, which Collins called "divisive." "I would've hoped the President would've done...