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Even before the passage of Prop. 8, the group Californians Against Hate compiled and published a "dishonor roll" of individuals (and their company affiliations) who gave $5,000 or more in support of the measure. Phone numbers and websites were added, along with commentary about some of the larger donors, all public information obtained through the California secretary of state's office. "My goal was to make it socially unacceptable to give huge amounts of money to take away the rights of one particular group, a minority group," says Fred Karger, a retired political consultant and founder of Californians Against...
...There could have been better planning and coordination in the implementation and roll-out in changes that were made in the past five years,” said Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Stephanie H. Kenen. “The leadership was in a mode of doing things quickly...
...game was also marked by many missed offensive opportunities by the Crimson.Though the two teams may have already faced each other, both squads have come a long way since that meeting on September 17.“I think that Northeastern, like us, has been on a roll the last stretch of the season,” co-captain Nikki Rhodes said. “It will be a different game then the last time we played them. It’s going to be very intense.”The Huskies rolled through their conference tournament as the underdog...
...that he bribes Smiff’s teacher: “Scooter getting straight A’s when I hit her with my dollars.” Ironically, while Smiff tries to exude cool, he merely achieves a parody of adult rappers. Big boys don’t roll in go-karts. Smiff can dream all he wants that he’ll pull up to his junior prom in a Maserati, but it’s not happening. Smiff is a 13-year-old wannabe and, while he’ll get older, it is doubtful that he?...
...that only two people died. The Santa Cruz Mountains and surrounding areas - San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz - took a 6.5-magnitude shock on Oct. 8, 1865. Mark Twain witnessed the event and wrote about it in his memoir, Roughing It: "[T]he ground seemed to roll under me in waves, interrupted by a violent joggling up and down, and there was a heavy grinding noise as of brick houses rubbing together. Never was solemn solitude turned into teeming life quicker...