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...games that shouldn’t make [us] nervous, because they are games we should win,” Sedgwick said. “[However], one of our weaknesses is getting up for games that aren’t [No. 5] UVA, aren’t [perennial powerhouse] Stanford and aren’t Ivy League...
...study by scholars at Stanford and the University of Chicago challenges the assumption that corporate special interests wield substantial influence over policy. Stanford Business School economist Timothy Groseclose and his co-researchers analyzed the 1998 election cycle and found that less than 10 percent of total campaign contributions came from corporate political action committees. Examining corporate lobbying expenditures, the researchers found that in 1998, corporations donated six times as much to charities as they spent on lobbying...
...that the researchers estimate came from “soft money” sources, most of this represented the contributions of single-issue advocacy groups. These groups build up influence through membership and private donations—both factors that are the consequence of support from American voters. The Stanford Business School’s online newsletter, using the National Rifle Association (NRA) as an example, makes the point that a politician may vote for NRA-approved legislation, not because of an NRA contribution, but because his constituents approve of it. The NRA contribution reflects the will of voters...
Admissions deans from Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cornell and NYU law schools gave the eager prospective applicants tips on getting in without slapping on a bikini and making an application tape Elle Woods-style...
...goal, at least where I was, was to go to Stanford,” he said. “Harvard wasn’t even on the radar [at my high school...