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...sort of a fluke. “I never imagined that I would be doing what I’m doing right now. I started teaching because I wanted to get better at public speaking,” says Malan, “My junior year of college I ran for the UC, lost miserably, and realized painfully during that process that I had lost or never had a very good knack for public speaking.” Since then, he has worked to improve those skills, and hopes to keep them in use. “I will teach...
...since Reconstruction. Davis was largely dismissed as an upstart who hadn't paid his dues by winning a lower-tier office. Despite being hailed by the Birmingham News as a "leader for the future," Davis lost. He attributed defeat to having raised barely $100,000. The next time he ran, in 2002, Davis had become adept at raising money, benefitting from donations from American Jewish groups concerned about Hilliard's views on Israel. Much of the African-American political establishment derided Davis as an elitist whose polished demeanor, Ivy League credentials and prosecutorial record made him inauthentically black. But this...
...answers were so varied that analysts nearly ran out of codes to categorize them. "The U.S. has an unmatched religious dynamism," explains Lugo. "It's an open religious marketplace as well as a very competitive one. This is the supermarket cereal aisle." Without an established state religion, all faiths can freely exist in the U.S. but must compete for adherents in order to survive. (See pictures of a drive-in church...
...booty ought to curtail it. Yet no one seems to expect this to happen. Papers relay the boasts of pirates that they will exact "revenge" on Americans. How so? On whose behalf? Such solidarity is less typical of entrepreneurs than it is of terrorists and guerrillas. When Phillips' captors ran out of fuel, they radioed other pirate-held ships for help. There is talk of pirate dens on and near the Somali coasts: Harardhere, Eyl, Boosaaso. "Den" is a quaint, Peter Pan - ish way of putting it. "Enemy naval base" might be more...
...original sports at Harvard, so to have a time that ranks on that all-time list is a great achievement.” The last time someone made it onto the 5000-meter top-10 performance list was in 2003, when Matt Seidel ran a time good enough for sixth. “Harvard has been around for a pretty long time, so it’s a big honor and I’m really happy about it,” Gillepsie said. Since starting track in ninth grade, Gillepsie has always wanted to go far, both literally...