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...terrifying. A top Kerry fund raiser condensed the pros and cons of Gutsball in a memo and sent it round to the inner circle. Gutsball meant Kerry would try to raise $150 million in the final three months of the race. It meant diverting Kerry and Edwards at least 40 times to blue-state cities like Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, where money was plentiful but swing votes were not. And playing Gutsball ensured that Bush would opt out of funding too. On the other hand, the memo noted, if Kerry didn't opt out, Bush still might...
...Paul’s School (N.H.), spent last year with the New England Junior Coyotes and was named an EJHL All-Star. In June, the San Jose Sharks selected the 6’3 blueliner in the seventh round of the National Hockey League (NHL) draft. But the pros will have to wait for MacDonald, and Harvard coaches have no problem with that...
Even political pros are hedging their bets on the outcome of a presidential horse race that shifts almost daily. But one prophecy has been surprisingly confident: that of the online futures market, where thousands of people bet real money on the race. The major exchanges--the Iowa Electronic Markets and Intrade--have, on average, given Bush about a 60% chance of winning since September. While some say the markets are too small to be clairvoyant (only $8 million has been traded in the Bush contract at Dublin-based Intrade, the largest market), they have impressive records. Since 1988, the Iowa...
Television, the pros say, is a women's medium. Women watch more prime-time TV and are believed to make more household viewing choices. But you wouldn't have known it by watching lately. Like post-9/11 politics, much post-9/11 TV has been manly and daddy-oriented. The networks have churned out CSI clones that have mostly male leads. After a ratings drop-off among young men last fall, executives blamed new shows starring women (Karen Sisco, Miss Match). Family sitcoms hew to the formula of lumpy guy with hot, smart but secondary wife. Bush's answer...
...Mynchenberg says, his effort is working. His romantic calendar is packed, with nine recent dates as evidence. "You can get a pretty good idea of what people look like [online], where they're from and what their pros and cons are," he says...