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...Surround yourself with good people: When George W. Bush ran for the Presidency in 2000, the biggest worry in many voters? minds was whether this one-term governor of Texas - who, much like Arnold, was not a gifted public speaker - could handle the job. Bush countered this by surrounding himself with the most experienced people possible; he selected Dick Cheney to be his running mate and hinted that Colin Powell had a spot reserved in the cabinet-to-be. Schwarzenegger did much the same thing during his campaign, appointing former Gov. Pete Wilson, a moderate Republican who handled California...
...Cambridge Home for the Aged and Infirmed—an event titled “Boozin’ wit’ da Biddies”—and to schedule a lesbian midget ultimate fighting cage match (to the death) in lieu of a class day speaker didn’t resonate with voters. When asked to comment on the outcome of the elections, Craaps furiously flipped his feather boa around his neck, stared pensively into the distance and said, “I’m simply misunderstood”—in ancient Norse...
...Arafat's succession is complicated by the fact that his power derives from the three separate offices he holds: Palestinian Authority president, PLO chairman and leader of the Fatah movement. The PA constitution requires that if the president is incapacitated, his post would be temporarily filled by the Speaker of the Palestinian legislature. However, the Speaker's position is currently vacant, following Ahmed Qureia's resignation from it in order to become prime minister. Following Thursday?s meeting of the Palestinian legislature at which Arafat?s appointment of an emergency cabinet was rebuffed, Qureia reportedly signaled Arafat that...
...vote of the senior class, Shaka J. Bahadu ’04 and seven others have been selected to lead the Class of 2004 through events ranging from the infamous “booze cruise” to the hunt for a Class Day speaker...
Zacarian said that she does not know how this year’s senior class will top Will Ferrell, last year’s Class Day speaker...