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Jody Cukier Siegler ’79 is the type of person who, when asked if she minds being recorded during an interview, says, “Just as long as you don’t give it to, you know, the House Un-American Activities people.” She is the type of person who says things like, “Are you sure you want to know about this?” Or, “So that’s kind of what I thought when I got there, in 3,000 words or less...
Claire helped with the transition—“Claire, about as quintessential Manhattan as you can get, but not ‘that’ person,” says Jody. Claire’s father is Roy M. Goodman ’51, a state senator from Manhattan who held office from 1969 to 2002: the Statesman of the State Senate, they called...
...policy states that “gender reassignment surgery is one treatment option for Gender Identity Disorder, a condition in which a person feels a strong and persistent identification with the opposite gender accompanied by a strong sense of discomfort with their own gender...
...House. Within a year, we'd fix this country," says McKelvey, who attended Tea Party meetings before being inspired by Glenn Beck's 9.12 project and deciding to mount a bid. Tall and brusque, with a silver goatee and a penchant for talking about himself in the third person, McKelvey won the unofficial straw poll with 28% of the vote after making one of the bluntest pitches of the evening: "Jim McKelvey is not going to hold his nose and vote for the lesser of two evils again." (See pictures of Tea Party protesters...
...more conservative direction, and they were willing to do whatever it took," says Isaac Wood, a political analyst at the University of Virginia. "Now that they're getting involved in the political process, they may realize that Goal No. 1 is unseating Perriello, and nominating as conservative a person as possible is No. 2." The fervor could end up hurting them, Wood adds, if one of the Tea Party hopefuls decides to run as a third-party candidate. Some handicappers have suggested the race could follow the same trajectory as the special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District...