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NASHUA, N.H.—With the first presidential primary less than a year away, Harvard hopefuls traveled to New Hampshire on Saturday to volunteer for Sen. Hillary R. Clinton, in town speaking at a fundraiser for the state Democratic Party...
...Granite State, which traditionally hosts the first presidential primary in the nation, often plays a pivotal role in determining which ultimately candidates win the nomination. After Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts won the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary in 2004, he was considered the odds-on favorite for the nomination...
Just a month after Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) declared his candidacy for the presidency, more than 90 students and faculty from Harvard Law School—Obama’s alma mater—gathered last night to rally support for his campaign. Energetic students sporting Obama campaign buttons flowed into the aisles as the classroom in Pound Hall packed in a matter of minutes. “There is a buzz on campus surrounding his campaign,” said Caleb R. Weaver, a member of the steering committee for Harvard Law Students for Barack Obama. He said...
...Gonzales had tried to dismiss the controversy as an "overblown personnel matter," but his attitude appeared to irritate the Judiciary Committee's leading Republican, Sen. Arlen Specter. "One day there will be a new attorney general," Specter said at this week's public hearing in the Senate, "maybe sooner rather than later...
Like many who see so much of our world falling prey to violence and depravity, Lamont University Professor and Nobel Prize-winner Amartya L. Sen is searching for an explanation for how otherwise rational people can turn against their neighbors and commit heinous acts of cruelty.In “Identity and Violence,” his latest book, Sen argues that “violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people.” Using historical examples and a personable style, Sen creates a simple yet powerful discourse on individual choice and identity...