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Overall, a 17-point swing resulted from the four Crimson turnovers, but Harvard pulled it out in the end. Next time, the Crimson may not be so fortunate...
This, of course, is not to say that outside people have not had access to House and dormitory public areas in the past—Matthews thieves catching doors before they swing shut and people swiping unknowns into entryways spring to mind—but giving 24-hour universal access would make it much easier for anyone with even half a mind to get in to do so. This risk of increased access, however small, is too great to take no matter what the community-building benefits...
...much to do with storytelling and acting—she makes no small point out of the fact that Reagan was initially an actor—as with the idea of limiting, of cutting off. She describes the “Reagan Democrats,” now called swing voters, who “became the voters to whom all election appeals would be directed, a narrowing of focus with predictable results, not the least significant of which was that presidential elections would come to be conducted almost exclusively in code.” Didion hopes Political Fictions will begin...
Deep inside the Pentagon, past hallways that still reek of burned metal, a windowless first-floor conference room has been transformed into a fully operational command center. Color-coded floor plans and organizational charts of key personnel adorn the walls, and teams of sturdy men and women wearing fatigues swing in and out, ready to be deployed. Air Force Lieut. Colonel Steven Vieira oversees the operation, dispatching troops swiftly but carefully. His goal is "100% contact and saturation." The enemy is not human but ghostly, flickering here and there on the faces of the nearly 20,000 Pentagon employees...
...after that, Cheney faded from public view, while retaining his powerful bond with Bush. (Hughes and Rove, however, no longer take part in the President's weightiest deliberations, because they're not part of his national-security team.) Cheney is the heart of that team--he's the swing vote on Bush's policy councils, the player whose nod often determines where the President will be--as it did last week, when Cheney's recommendation cemented the White House decision to speed its push for a stimulus package heavy on tax cuts. In between meetings with Bush, Cheney works...