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...lengthy and crowd-deadening disquisition on how, as a former community organizer, he understood that change comes from the grass roots up, not from the top down. O.K., O.K., it's a fine sentiment. But it's wrong: this campaign is all about him. In fact, given Obama's slim political résumé and drop-dead charisma, his campaign is more candidate-driven than most. It's all about the spectacular keynote speech he gave to the Democratic National Convention in 2004. It's all about the fact that he's--pace Joe Biden--a young, attractive, eloquent and intelligent...
...from the field—with all of the baskets coming from beyond the arc—and 8-of-8 from the charity stripe.Despite entering the game fourth in the league standings, Penn proved to be a tough opponent to overcome. Harvard maintained a slim advantage after opening the game with a 4-0 run. However, two back-to-back three-pointers by the Quakers changed that.The Penn lead would be just as short-lived, however. Baskets by junior Lindsay Hallion and sophomore Katie Rollins, including a three-point play by Hallion, put the Crimson...
...possible” that “individual students could be less well off” if supplemental aid programs are cut as a result of an increase in the Pell Grant. The bill passed in the House this week now moves to the Senate, where Democrats have a slim 51-49 majority. Wednesday’s vote showed glimmers of bipartisanship—229 Democrats voted for the bill along with 57 Republicans. Two Democrats and 138 Republicans voted against it. And Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass.), the chairman...
Here's what it's like to face Condoleezza Rice. When she walks into the room, she opens a slim leather notebook and pulls out a couple of 3-by-8 note cards imprinted with the words SECRETARY OF STATE and filled with half a dozen key words distilled from hours of speed readings and briefings. She will let her hosts do most of the talking while she tries to assess their bottom lines. In a negotiation, she sits archer-straight, lowers her voice and deploys a laser-like glare. "You need to do better than that," she will...
...fates of Wilson, Sereena Abotsway, Andrea Joesbury, Brenda Ann Wolfe, Marnie Frey and Georgina Faith Papin are emerging in British Columbia Supreme Court, in the gritty Vancouver suburb of New Westminster. There, Pickton sits calmly behind bullet-resistant glass, an unimposing slim man with a fringe of lank grey hair around a bald pate. Now 57, he has become well-known in legal circles since his arrest in February 2002. But only now has the end of a Canadian publication ban, intended to ensure an impartial jury hearing, revealed the gruesome details of his case. Pickton has become instantly famous...