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...Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, D-Mass, eulogized Nyhan as “a man of the people, who never forgot his roots.” It was in this tradition, Jones said, that Willman was chosen to be the first recipient of the Nyhan Prize...
...even adequate performance in the days since her Oval Office announcement, she might have squeaked through a Senate where the President's party holds a five-seat majority. But she fumbled consistently. She seemed to confuse Chief Justices Earl Warren and Warren Burger in a meeting with Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont. She left Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania with the impression that she supported the privacy rights in the 1965 Griswold decision. Then she corrected him. In an unprecedented move, she was basically told to redo her questionnaire for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senators...
...Maryland statehouse, Steele became an asset, as one of the few African-American Republicans in the country elected to statewide office. He landed a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention last year, and once incumbent Democratic Senator Paul Sarbanes announced he would not seek another term next year, Sen. Elizabeth Dole, who recruits candidates for the GOP, aggressively pursued Steele...
...were rooted in interpretations of the Bible. Interracial intimacy was seen as unnatural. Blacks were put forth as filthy sub-humans who wanted to muddy white bloodlines and thus destroy the goodness of the white race. Race mixing was akin to bestiality. Sound familiar? "Defenders" of marriage, from Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum to Justice Antonin Scalia to Pope Benedict, have tossed out arguments just like these in their quest to keep same-sex couples from the altar...
...50th rankings.Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics at MIT, received the highest number of votes, with more than 4,800 out of a total of more than 20,000.The original list featured a range of Harvard notables, including University President Lawrence H. Summers, who placed 60th in the final ranking.Only Sen, who was ranked eighth, landed a spot in the top 10. Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker, Weatherhead University Professor Samuel P. Huntington, biologist E. O. Wilson, who is Pellegrino University professor, emeritus, and Carr Center for Human Rights Director Michael Ignatieff were Harvard’s other representatives...