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...Carolinian in his home state, Rove persuaded G.O.P. Congressman Richard Burr to challenge Edwards for his Senate seat. And when Massachusetts Senator John Kerry suggested that the U.S. was just as much in need of "regime change" as Iraq, Republicans launched a coordinated assault, accusing the putative Democratic front runner, a decorated Vietnam veteran, of poor judgment and lack of patriotism. Afterward White House officials gleefully imagined the ads they could use against Kerry. "With our troops at war," intoned one, "John Kerry compared President Bush to Saddam Hussein...
...most public implication came from presidential runner-up Lee C. Bollinger, who was chosen to lead Columbia after being passed over by the Harvard Corporation. Presiding over the top university in the country’s cultural capital, Bollinger has staked that university’s future—and his legacy—on Columbia’s prioritization and integration of the arts into its curriculum. He plans to construct a new building for the graduate school of the arts, appoint new art professors and increase collaboration with local cultural institutions...
There’s no question that among candidates for Harvard’s presidency, the runner-up as far as the arts were concerned was Summers himself. An economist who rarely expressed the cultural interests or artistic commitment of his two predecessors, Derek C. Bok and Neil L. Rudenstine, Summers recalls just three student artistic performances he’s attended this year, in contrast to his regular attendance at most home football games. Summers himself says his understanding of the humanities does not compare to his familiarity with social science. If he pursues a policy of benign neglect?...
After taking fourth runner-up in the Miss Massachusetts pageant last year, Gray decided to compete again this year, but in a state with which she was more familiar...
Among the worst breakdowns was when a Penn runner was allowed to steal home...