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Besides O’Brien’s nomination for his late-night talk show, the slate includes David Javerbaum ’93, the head writer for “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”; Dennis McNicholas ’94, who shares head writer duties on “Saturday Night Live”; and Steven C. Hely ’02, a writer for “Late Night with David Letterman...
...number one votes to hit quota, all additional ballots with that candidate’s name in the number one slot are “transferred” to the candidate whose name is listed in the number two slot. The transferring continues down the line until a full slate of nine candidates are elected...
...world's largest political organization, ruling over 1.3 billion souls? Does it take a great visionary? A ruthless tyrant? A dogmatic ideologue? Or a tame puppet? Last November the enigmatic Hu Jintao became CCP Chairman and earlier this year, President. He came to power as a blank slate, and in the 100 days that he has held both posts, the nature of his leadership has become an increasingly heated topic of debate. Many see Hu's actions over the past three months as cause for hope that he's a reformer likely to initiate large-scale change. Optimists point...
...Skinner runs the EPA's Midwestern district, which includes six states from Ohio, west to Illinois and northwest to Minnesota. His relative anonymity, even among liberal beltway EPA watchers, could be a bonus; a blank political slate can trump a documented history. As head of an EPA regional office (and former Illinois EPA chief), Skinner sees to it that states and the companies within them comply with the agency's rules and standards - licensing and inspecting big polluters, and issuing clean-up orders...
...aura generated by his pince-nez and cigarette holder as he rode down the street in his fancy car, the rakishly grinning F.D.R. cut perhaps the least Democratic profile I've ever seen," wrote a Massachusetts reader. Others, perhaps a bit defensive about the the current slate of Democratic candidates, wanted to turn the tables. "I look forward to a future issue of TIME examining 'Why They Don't Make Republicans Like They Used To,'" wrote a New Yorker. "The cover should be graced by a picture of Abraham Lincoln...