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...closely tied to the sophistication of his technological tools. This year's race involves an oversize field of candidates who are scrambling to gain recognition across a wide geographic swath in just a few weeks. That puts a premium on any technology that will increase a campaign's reach -- even if it leaves less time for pressing flesh and kissing babies...
...spends the least on high-tech gimmicks, but he continues to score well in the polls. For any candidate, space-age technology is no substitute for strong messages, dedicated followers or the kind of recognition that comes from being in the news month after month. A satellite feed can reach TV stations from coast to coast, but it cannot endow a small-time politician with the stature of a seasoned candidate...
...knocking down two pillars, a la Samson), Livingstone disarms critics with his self- deprecating humor. If he ever becomes Prime Minister, Livingstone once joked, "so many people will leave the country that I'll have no unemployment problem." An animal fancier who keeps newts and lizards, Livingstone may never reach 10 Downing Street, but his irreverence will probably help keep him on the public stage for years to come. That is, if he doesn't tire of playing the flamboyant maverick. "Anyone who enjoys being in the House of Commons," he said after his recent expulsion, "probably needs psychiatric care...
Women have excelled in a variety of posts, but the highest rungs of leadership have been difficult to reach. In all the services, the way to the top is through command: of an Army battalion, a ship, an air wing. Partly because of the exclusion from so many designated combat posts, women's military careers tend to top out at the middle ranks. Some 18% of female Army officers are second lieutenants, compared with 11% of male officers. But only 1% of female officers are colonels; 5% of male officers hold that rank. "They're not allowed in the jobs...
...there is an office pool on that ultimate test of valor and gristle, the Olympic men's downhill ski race at Mount Allan, near Calgary. You throw in your dollar, reach into the hat, and pull out the name of Switzerland's Peter Muller, say, or Canada's Rob Boyd. Congratulations! These are hairy-eared mountain men, eaters of nails, sleepers on plank floors, and you are looking fairly good to win a hatful of dollars. Muller, at 30 still the toughest downhill specialist since Austria's Franz Klammer, won the pre-Olympic downhill trial at Mount Allan last season...