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...mingle, make a splash with conversation topics like the Israel lobby, eating poor people, boat shoes, croquet mallet technology, and LOLcatz. When you shake a member’s hand, give him a firm wink and slip him a fiver. Make sure you’ve written a funny speech balloon coming out of Lincoln’s mouth. (Suggestion: “A club without [insert your name] cannot stand.”) Give him an extra copy of your résumé carried in your rolling backpack. (Mind the member’s shoes...
...welcome home eco-wonk-cum-movie-star Al Gore ’69, shown above in classic Uncle Sam pose.But lost amidst the glitz of Harvard’s sustainability efforts was a more meaningful step forward that took place a few hours after Gore’s speech and a few hundred yards to the south: the unveiling of Harvard’s revised master plan for Allston. While the new plans certainly have their issues, the revision reflects a desire to make green space the hallmark of the future campus. “The new plans are such...
...When the roar of the crowd fades away…when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot—what exactly is our opponent’s plan?” she asked in her speech at the Republican National Convention. This line was a calculated attempt to puncture Obama’s projected character, to expose the shaping, the framing taking place behind the scenes, and make clear to the world the hollowness of not just “The One’s” message...
Alain Lamassoure, a European Parliament member hailing from the south of France, stressed the importance of French and European engagement with the United States and said that a new administration in Washington provides the opportunity for a new era of transatlantic relations, at a speech at the Center for European Studies yesterday. Repeating phrases like “you and us,” Lamassoure’s words were carefully calibrated to make the United States and Europe sound close together, particularly in the event of a victory next week by Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama...
...some Obama allies had qualms about Biden's tendency to run off the rails, they noted he had kept it in check during his own presidential campaign. Since being picked for VP, the Delaware Senator has performed well in what advisers say were his three biggest tests: his convention speech in Denver; his debate with Sarah Palin; and stumping for working- class voters in Pennsylvania, the crucial battleground state where Biden was born and to which he has made six trips since joining the Democratic ticket. In a recent national Pew Research Center poll, 60% of those surveyed said they...