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Most damaging, perhaps, was Graf's habit of verbal abuse. The language of naval command is supposed to be crisp and to the point. Orders pertaining to speed, direction and a host of other decisions needed to guide a warship are repeated back and forth among those on the bridge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexism and the Navy's Female Captain Bligh | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

Sestak, who grew up in Delaware County, has the potential to draw the liberal Democratic base away from Specter in the May 18 primary. He's striking a chord with those who have spent the past three decades working to get Specter out of office. "I think there's been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pennsylvania Senate Race: Specter Under Fire | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

If Specter survives the primary, he will face a stiffer test in November against former Congressman Patrick Toomey - the man whose candidacy drove Specter from the Republican Party. In 2004, Specter beat the far more conservative Toomey by a mere 17,000 votes of the million cast in the Republican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pennsylvania Senate Race: Specter Under Fire | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

It doesn't help Specter's case that he had been vowing not to switch parties practically right up until the moment that he did. Only weeks before, he had argued that it was vital that he stand as a 41st Republican vote in the Senate: "If there's a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pennsylvania Senate Race: Specter Under Fire | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

But Specter professes that he has found a comfortable home in his new party. "Many, many, many people have told me, 'You're the only Republican I ever voted for. Now it's easier,' " he says. What's happening to him, he insists, is a function of larger forces at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pennsylvania Senate Race: Specter Under Fire | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

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