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...identify with either major party—40 percent identified themselves as independent. “The poll suggests that young people are more alienated by the two parties than adults,” said Professor Robert J. Blendon, who directs the Harvard Opinion Research Program. Since the prior administration of the survey in March, the number of undecided likely Republican voters has risen. “Usually, as you get closer to the decision, the number of undecideds shrinks. It shows how competitive the race is and how volatile people’s views are,” said...
...person is to be sent e-mail regarding the campaign via BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) unless that person has given explicit prior permission to be sent e-mail via BCC,” the rules state...
...Costello, with 12.5 percent and 7.5 percent choosing Holm and Islam respectively. It was clear, however, that much of the accuracy was due to certain “give-aways.” Some participants noted that Cat Stevens’ photo looked too well developed. Other students had prior knowledge of the other choices, and spotted Pilbeam by process of elimination. “Oh dear…I have absolutely no idea what he looks like,” said one student, who then proceeded to select the correct answer by a well-honed method he called...
...permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany had been trying to hammer out a new set of sanctions aimed at persuading Tehran to suspend its uranium enrichment program and cooperate fully with investigators from the International Atomic Energy Agency over questions about its clandestine nuclear program prior to 2003. As recently as last weekend, senior diplomats from those countries met in Paris to debate a new set of measures. But spurring the urgency behind those measures was the U.S. argument, backed by most Europeans, that Iran was running a secret weapons program. Now, says Ali Ansari, director...
...European governments were given a peek at the new report prior to its publication on Monday. Following its publication, they joined their U.S. counterparts in reiterating the demand that Iran comply with U.N. demands and prove its program is benign. Iran has admitted to running a clandestine program until 2003. "There are still many open questions, including its uranium enrichment program, which Iran is running despite not having any apparent civilian use for it," said a German official. "Until we have complete confidence that their purposes are 100% peaceful, we should not let them off the hook...