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...able to get women in office.” Blagg and King began the policy group in the spring of 2006. The following fall, the group began to consider topics for a final report. “We figured out that state legislatures are a really good test case because there are 50 different elective bodies and it really varies from state to state as to the percentage of women in each body,” Blagg said. The report will be viewable on the IOP Web site beginning Wednesday. —Staff writer Lauren D. Kiel...
...impressed voters with her detailed plan for withdrawal from Iraq and with her distinguished record on the Armed Services Committee. She has shown more fluency on matters of state in debates than her male counterparts. By passing the so-called “commander-in-chief” test, Senator Clinton has opened the door to generations of women aspiring to lead the world’s most powerful military...
...media industry, suffering from declining newspaper and magazine readership, seems willing to test the theory. When presented with the study's initial findings last year, the Associated Press developed what it calls a "1-2-3 filing" system. A news-by-the-numbers approach, it starts with a news alert headline, followed by a short present-tense story, and finally padded with additional details and alternate formatting for different news platforms (the web, radio, TV, etc.). The AP also launched a mobile news service available on hand-held devices in May and increased its online interactive content to appeal...
...answer is to conduct an experiment, as this is the only method we have for testing what really works and what is likely to fail. In the same way that we force drug companies to test the efficacy of their drugs before rolling them onto the market, shouldn’t we ask the government to test their ideas before they invest billions of our tax dollars on some stimulus packages...
...James,” Summers said, reading aloud a message he had written down for the boy. “Study. And come take my class in 10 years.” The former president, saying that he wished to test his strength, then asked Corcoran if he wanted to be lifted into the air. Soon James' feet were dangling in the vicinity of Summers' shoulders...