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CLARIFICATION APPENDEDLast February, Christopher A. Ballesteros ’12 stuck a flag pin in his lapel, walked onscreen, and informed the viewers of channel K5 that he was ready to be president. Not president of his student body—he had done that already. President of the United States of America. It was Chris’ first talk show appearance. Andy Bumatai, a Honolulu comedian, had heard about the local kid with Oval Office dreams and invited him for a chat. With the cameras rolling, the 17-year-old settled into an armchair next to Bumatai...
...voices]," but believed "the pacts are for the convenience and benefit of the people on both sides." Chen's demeanor has been gracious throughout the trip, despite the hostility, and for good reason, say analysts. "Any overreaction from Beijing would result in Taiwan drifting away," says Professor Lin Chong-pin of the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies at Tamkang University. Lin believes China has learned that animosity from Beijing only fuels Taiwan's opposition movement. "The leaders in Beijing believe that time is on their side, so they don't need to rush unification...
...eyebrows at the screen and crossed her arms, deep in concentration. “Okay guys, is it going to be an early night or a late night?” she asked. Dingman craned his neck forward at the screen as he tried to attach a patriotic pin to his jacket lapel. “For the rest of your life, you’ll remember where you were, what happened,” Dingman said. “No matter what, this is just an historic election,” Hammonds agreed. “The youth have...
...Whose side will Obama be on? The old Ted Kennedy liberals he re-inspired, the Blue Dog Democrats he courted, the new arrivals from purple and even red districts whose shelf life depends on a centrist agenda? He has talked about the need to fix entitlements, but try to pin him down on the Audacity of How, and he vanished in a foam of contingency. He has promised to end the war in Iraq responsibly, but the tension between end and responsibility tightens now. He voted for the $700 billion Wall Street bailout, but there are bound...
...voters get passed to an outside representative who has a targeted list," says Steven Mostow, 38, a volunteer at an Alexandria polling station. "The list goes to another Obama person who uploads it into a housing database compiled by canvassing door-to-door." Then campaign volunteers in the pin-pointed areas head off to bring inthe voters. "This means a great deal to me because I think we are at an important point in our history," he says. And with Houdini, he hopes to work magic. - By Kris Osborn / Alexandria...