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...fact that she failed to fill all 103 slots on her delegate slate - a routine and basic exercise in political organizing - despite a two-day deadline extension from the governor. "It indicates to me they weren't sufficiently prepared for this and they fell asleep at the switch," Madonna said. The campaign, however, dismisses this as "a story about nothing," saying a few would-be delegates failed to file their paperwork for personal reasons, such as illness. Even so, they say, the delegate slate is a minor technical matter and Clinton will get credit for every delegate she wins, whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Primary to End All Primaries? | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

...reality is that the FCC will shy away from addressing these more important issues, hoping that its academic debate about network management might serve as a salve for the widespread criticism that it’s asleep at the digital switch...

Author: By Mel King | Title: Asleep at the Digital Switch | 3/4/2008 | See Source »

...This is the time of year we train for,” Harvard coach Jay Weiss said. “It all comes down to these next two weeks and it’s time to totally switch our focus...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No Momentum Heading Into Individuals | 2/25/2008 | See Source »

...information—and she’s still not entirely sure what the consequences of her research really were. “We had two computers under the desk and just one screen,” McCulla says. “There was a little box with a switch on it and hundreds of times a day, we’d push the switch and it’d flip from one computer to the other. We’d have two separate email accounts and two separate Word documents. There was a pretty clear delineation between the unclassified...

Author: By Rebecca A. Cooper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Smart Food: The CIA Comes to Harvard | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

...This is not to say that the aesthetic change is an abrupt one; Darnielle’s conversion from lo-fi god to studio craftsman began with 2002’s “Tallahassee,” which dispatched with the distinctive fuzz and grainy vocals completely. The switch to the studio ultimately proved that Darnielle’s songs didn’t rely on a gimmick, and could stand up in a high-fidelity context. On “Heretic Pride,” the studio flourishes and Darnielle’s songwriting are better integrated than...

Author: By David S. Wallace, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Mountain Goats | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

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