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...trickle out of the room. Even a visit from two Ben & Jerry’s reps with free “Thanks for Voting!” stickers can’t lighten the mood. One of them takes a break from handing out stickers to look around and sum things up. “It’s about as much fun in here as Monday morning,” he says...
...Fisichella's fastest lap times in Brazil. But a second is an eternity in Formula One, and a powerful reflection of perhaps the most important factor separating drivers: money. McLaren, for which Hamilton drives, lavished an estimated $430 million on its campaign, according to industry analysts Formula Money - a sum typical of big teams but two to three times the outlay of independent teams such as Fisichella's Force India. In such a high-tech sport, those with the deepest pockets tend to end up on top. (Read "How to Win a NASCAR Race...
...biggest problems is the way teams are funded. The bulk of the resources for top performers comes from major carmakers. BMW, for instance, contributed an estimated $200 million to its team this year, nearly six times the sum invested by Indian Vijay Mallya, the billionaire owner of Fisichella's Force India. Small teams struggle to make up the difference through sponsorship or their share of the sport's commercial rights...
...loses and who wins in public life does little more than make a loser out of the American people. We need to start over, he argued, speak gently, listen carefully, find solutions, keep our word. It was precisely because he was an outsider with a thin résumé and few cronies or scars or grudges that he could sell himself as the solution. (See 10 things that never happened in a campaign before...
...Democratic primaries as in the Republican; 9 out of 10 people say the country is on the wrong track. In that light, McCain was his party's sacrificial lamb, a certified American hero granted one more chance to serve, with enough rebel credits on his résumé to stand a chance of winning over disgruntled voters if Obama somehow imploded...