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...could extricate himself from the world of finance, and he entered Parliament in 2002; he became the party's leader four years later. And on Nov. 8, the political career launched by that call culminated in a resounding election victory for Key and National, ending nine years of Labour rule under Helen Clark. On the night, hundreds of supporters gathered outside Key's mansion in the affluent Auckland suburb of Parnell. "That doesn't normally happen in this country," says Slater, "particularly in an area where the residents are not very demonstrative." Though he may not score highly on charisma...
...Benjamin Franklin’s first rule in reducing a great empire to a small one was that a “great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges...
...economic class. As a rarity in 17th century America, the pronged utensil was used to convey family wealth and extravagance. Other items showed the abandoned Harvard custom wherein younger students served upperclassmen their meals on a twice-daily basis. The exhibit’s final theme, “Rule (Breaking) and Religion,” established unapproved behavior as a long-standing temptation for Harvard undergraduates. Gold buttons and pewter jewelry, dug from the dirt between Matthews and Grays, showed that Harvard students were more than willing to break the College’s Puritan “modesty?...
...request is directed at the same court that in May issued one of the most sweeping declarations of fundamental gay rights in U.S. legal history, making same-sex marriage legal by a 4-3 vote. The Republican-dominated court could decide by the end of this week whether to rule on the request for a stay or send it to a lower court first. But whatever the merits of the legal challenge, the court will face enormous pressure as it deliberates...
...said. But he also suggested that the use of fear in campaigns is more implicit than overt. “The only one who’s ever accused of using fear tactics in a campaign is the guy who loses, and that’s a rule,” he said. Attendee Andrew Velo-Arias ’11 voiced his agreement with Catellanos, saying that fear tactics in a campaign are only effective if they are not discovered as what they are. “If you get to the point where you are detached to describe...