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Finally, there is the strongest, and perhaps the least predictable, force of all: public opinion. As the current President proved, a Chief Executive with two-thirds of the public behind him can steamroll almost any rival influence. In a single year when Bush's approval rating floated as high as the low 70s, he launched a war, reorganized the Federal Government and passed a vast expansion of Medicare. Forty percentage points later, he's the lamest duck since Harry S Truman. The public today is anxious, skeptical and dissatisfied. Record numbers say the country is on the wrong track...
That said, Obama may have less to fear from congressional leaders pushing rival agendas than did his bedeviled predecessors Carter and Clinton. Those earlier Democrats faced Congresses dominated by complacent chairmen who had never known a gop majority. Today's Democratic leaders know what it's like to lose the perks - and opportunities - of power. Having reoccupied the plush offices of the Capitol, they might appreciate the idea that being in the same party sometimes means staying on the same page. Then there is the question of taxes. Obama has made overhauling the tax code a centerpiece of his campaign...
...squad with eight goals and sixteen points, was Ivy League Rookie of the Year, and was chosen third-team freshmen All-American. This year, the team needed a spark, something to wake its offense from its season long slumber. In the Crimson’s following game against Ivy rival Yale, Sheeleigh provided that spark. Thirty minutes into the match, Sheeligh ripped a lob pass from her partner up top, freshman star Melanie Baskind, past Yale’s talented keeper Ayana Sumiyasu to break a scoreless tie. The Crimson had been knocking, tallying shot after shot on the standout...
...some teams we should have beaten, now in the playoffs we have a chance to get some payback,“ Farrar said.With this win, Harvard jumps into fourth place in the Northern Division breaking the three way tie for fifth place. The squad shares fourth place with division rival MIT, but with a Crimson win over the Engineers earlier in the season, Harvard solidly holds the position. The team now patiently waits for its seed in the upcoming Northern Division Championships...
...critics are already questioning the College Board's motives. ReadiStep arrives at a time when more and more students are choosing to take the ACT, the SAT's rival. At the same time, every year fewer and fewer colleges and universities are requiring the SAT or ACT - more than 775 schools have now made scores optional for admission consideration. ReadiStep is "a cynical marketing ploy," says Jesse Mermell, executive director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest), one of the College Board's most vocal opponents. "[It] is designed to lock eighth graders into the SAT series...