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...capacity of independent nonparty organizations like MoveOn, Americans Coming Together and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now to raise money and mobilize anti-Bush voters has acted like a fresh rain on the Democratic Party's parched grass roots. Even though the Democratic candidate lost, the party and the broader network of liberal, anti-Bush organizations succeeded in raising record sums of money and enlisting unprecedented numbers of volunteers. Far from being distraught and depressed by the election, the way they were after 2000, many Democrats sound surprisingly upbeat about the future...
...hunched-over performers on the stage, trying to derive some sort of pattern from the seemingly random and spastic improvisations. They may have found nothing, but at the end of the night of incredible noise-pop, the elated fans poured out of the club into the freezing rain, wishing they could stay for the warmth of just one more campfire song...
...first sign of craziness comes when the Crimson players are introduced and fish rain down from the stands onto the ice. The tradition of throwing fish had gotten so problematic a few years ago, that the security guards now check bags and search students before entering the rink...
ALICIA KEYS THE BOOK: Tears for Water, due Nov. 8 THE BUZZ: The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter shares 27 poems from her personal journals CRINGEWORTHY VERSE: Golden sunshine's/ peeking through the grayness of the sky/ Soon it will be in full view/ And rain won't stain your eye THE AUDIENCE: Teen girls who keep on fallin' for their piano teachers...
...trying to be the last Kerry voter in Massachusetts,” said Richard J. Parker, Lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government. Parker and his 12-year-old son Sam had just returned from canvassing in New Hampshire, where they braved rain and cold to bring out the vote. Parker dropped Sam off at home, where he unwound by watching some Harry Potter. Dad then scrambled to beat the clock. He succeeded—his ballot was the last one dropped into the official black...