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...week after receiving the second spot in both the coaches’ and the media’s ECAC preseason poll, the Harvard men’s hockey team garnered more respect in the national preseason rankings, earning the 12th slot in the USCHO.com/CSTV and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. The Crimson was the highest-ranked ECAC team in both polls, beating out No. 13 Cornell in the USCHO.com/CSTV poll and No. 14 Colgate in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. Boston College, Minnesota, and defending national champion Wisconsin were among the top three teams in both polls...
...more money to that person, because he is so far ahead." And Democrats remain worried that the G.O.P. will outperform them at getting voters to the polls, much as the Republican turnout operation helped defy the oddsmakers in 2004. Both Democrats and Republicans say a ballot initiative to allow slot machine casino gambling in the state may help to turn out conservatives who would oppose it, although liberals may show up to support a proposed minimum wage increase also on the ballot...
Professors, who, knowing we are probably shopping multiple classes per slot, should limit themselves to presenting the overarching academic themes, as well as bureaucratic details of the course. But nothing else: The first lecture should not cover any essential material. If professors don’t do this, students are effectively being penalized for shopping many classes and discouraged from taking full advantage of one of Harvard’s unique features...
...Richards, a keen student of the new media age, turned the state treasurer's slot into a statewide platform and built a loyal following among the agency's bureaucracy. She did such a good job at broadening the position's reach that it later became a path to power for other female Texas politcians including U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. In 1988, half way through Richards' second term, she took that confidence and her persona to the Democratic National Convention, wowing everyone with her silver hair and stiletto tongue. Her famous poke at then Vice President George H.W. Bush - "Poor...
...nothing really happens - nobody is quite satisfied -at the bi-annual shows until Marc Jacobs weighs in on the state of spring 2007 fashion during his traditional Monday night slot. Although his guests (and there seemed to be thousands of them) will undoubtedly complain bitterly about the long wait at Jacobs' show (sometimes up to 90 minutes) they will sit diligently and wait for the designer to tell them in approximately 53 outfits not just what they should wear next spring, but more importantly, how they should feel...