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...strategy that looked far more like Obama's than Clinton's. In the Democratic primary, he carried only 10 of the state's 67 counties but racked up huge margins in Philadelphia and its relatively liberal suburbs. That was enough to beat Bob Casey Jr.-the party establishment's pick in the primary for the job and now a Senator-by a hefty 14-point margin...
...funny—they pick people who are really social and have a lot of friends, and then ship all their friends off to i-banking jobs in New York,” she said. “It’s a bit weird at first, but you adjust...
...many circumstances random chance simply has more influence than reason can account for. Take, for example, Russell Pleasant, who beat out more than 3 million other brackets to win ESPN’s $10,000 prize for the highest score in 2006. When asked how he knew to pick heavy underdog George Mason to reach the Final Four, he explained that he “slightly confused them with George Washington...
...your window, but it is hardly conducive to… well, just about anything other than participation in the same.” Filled with voodoo shops and Halloween masks year round, the street is a mystical place, and two hours before midnight is its witching hour. Street musicians pick up their instruments, bars begin to fill, and tourist shops are eclipsed by drunken karaoke and neon “barely legal” signs. It’s Las Vegas without the slot machines and circus acts, a city of wild abandonment and self-forgetting. Interesting, certainly...
...coach Joe Walsh said. “I feel bad for the guys. We came out with enthusiasm and fight and went up against two pretty good pitchers. They got the clutch hits and we didn’t.” The Crimson, Baseball America’s pick to win the Ivy League, looks to get its Ancient Eight season rolling this weekend against Columbia and Penn.“I’m not concerned; things can turn around,” Walsh said. “We’ve got a good ball club. We?...