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...even now. Sure, some Democrats acknowledge that 9/11 played a part. But they trivialize its effect, as when Democratic Party chairman Terry McAuliffe says 9/11 intensified the bond between the President and the people, giving Bush a popularity that rubbed off on Republican candidates and helped sway the election...
...range of interests and pursuits. “The brightest” are, well, very bright. That is it. Before jumping on the anti-athlete bandwagon, it is worth considering what values we hold. At Harvard today it seems that “academics uber alles” holds sway. Which is shameful as there are so many skills in life of at least commensurate importance to the ability to glean every useful piece of information from a textbook...
...break-out” group suggested forming a new umbrella organization for all neighborhoods near Harvard, called Voters for a Livable Cambridge, which could use its collective voting power to sway the city council—the body which hires the city manager...
...elections’ final days, attention has zeroed in on Green Party candidate Jill E. Stein ’72-’73, who has held a steady five percent in polls—enough to sway the election one way or the other...
...theory, the government of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is committed to routing al-Qaeda elements from redoubts within Pakistan. But Islamabad holds little sway in the tribal regions of the northwestern frontier, which are largely autonomous and which just voted in district governments with Islamist agendas...