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...first meaningful vote is almost a year away, but Americans are ready for a change at the top. President George W. Bush's approval rating is at an all-time low of 34% in a new TIME poll, and 66% of respondents say they would prefer to have Congress, not the White House, determine national policy. With no incumbent in the 2008 race, more than a dozen hopefuls are vying for attention--and money. So far, the attention part is working. More than 80% of those polled say they're following the race...
...head-to-head matchups in the TIME poll, former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani edges all comers. Respondents rate him highest as a potential boss and think he would win a speed-date contest. [This article consists of a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy of magazine...
Last season’s 5-9 league finish was more of a disappointment than this season’s identical mark. The 2005-2006 team was picked to finish second in the league in the preseason media poll, while this year’s squad was picked to come in seventh and ended up in sixth...
...Lamont Forum Room on Saturday to participate in Multiplay 01, Harvard’s inaugural video- and computer-game tournament. The event offered free food and over four hundred dollars worth of prizes, including a Nintendo Wii. It featured tournaments in four games selected by an informal popularity poll: “Super Smash Brothers Melee,” “Halo,” “Starcraft: Brood War,” and “Warcraft: Defense of the Ancients.” Other games were available for casual play. Prizes were awarded to winners...
...have military recruiters on campus today, and we would have recruiters on campus even if this policy were changed.” The legislation comes on the verge of what appears to be shifting public opinion regarding the military’s ban. While a 1993 NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showed that only 40 percent of people favored allowing openly gay people to serve in the military, a 2006 Zogby poll showed that 73 percent of military personnel were comfortable with gays and lesbians. The Military Readiness Act received bipartisan support from seven Republicans when it was first introduced...