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...original version of this article was updated to reflect the post-election...
Republican Johanns, raised on an Iowa dairy farm, was elected Nebraska's governor in 1998. He resigned to become President Bush's Secretary of Agriculture in 2005, then resigned that post in 2007 to run for--and win--this Senate seat, vacated by Chuck Hagel...
Maralee Schwartz, a visiting lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, spoke about the 2008 campaign yesterday, focusing on the personal involvement of the candidates and attachment in the political process to explain what she called the transformative nature of this election. Schwartz, a reporter for The Washington Post, highlighted the unique strategy employed by President-elect Barack Obama, praising his poise and discipline for helping him avoid traditional political tactics such as personal attacks. By contrast, she said she thought that John McCain’s attacks on Obama had backfired and had actually cost the Republican candidate support. When...
...master of all the disciplines,” added Gordon, now a professor at Yale Law School.Upon graduation, Crichton became a traveling fellow and visiting lecturer in anthropology at the University of Cambridge. In 1969, he obtained an M.D. from Harvard Medical School, after which he completed a post-doctoral fellowship study at the Jonas Salk Institute for Biological Studies.To support himself through medical school, Crichton wrote medical thrillers under pseudonyms such as Jeffrey Hudson. But when his 1969 book “A Case of Need” won that year’s Edgar Award for Best Novel...
...moment Lehman Brothers collapsed in September, McCain led the campaign, riding high on a post-convention bounce. But as approval of President Bush plummeted to historic lows, and the electorate rejected a tainted Republican party, McCain found himself unable to control his own destiny. In the final weeks, he ran a hard race, refusing to give up in the face of daunting polls. "It's the only way to finish anything that you do in life, that's a competitive venture, which is full speed," explained Schmidt...