Word: thompson
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...Early on, we learn that Secret Service Agent Thomas Barnes (Quaid) had taken a bullet for Ashton a year ago, so this is a least the second assassination attempt during the his regime. Ashton, though, is no ninny; stern and balding, he has the gruff gravitas of Fred Thompson or Rudy Giuliani, if either of them had got past their Presidential-primary gaffes and into the White House. And he is ready with heroic quotes for any occasion. When his adviser pleads, "Mr. President, we have to act strong," Ashton snaps back, "No, we have to be strong...
...large toenail. But, despite their game of pretending otherwise, its existence threatens to bring the whole building down. However, at other times, a person knocks down a painting or puts a hole in the plaster but blames it on the elephant. This is called playing the race card. Richard Thompson Ford’s new book, “The Race Card: How Bluffing about Bias Makes Race Relations Worse,” examines the fine line between ignoring the elephant and blaming everything on the beast. Ford, a Stanford law professor, leads the reader across this racial relations tightrope...
...coming months, the goup plans to announce a paid fellowship for a graduating senior or alum.DOING HIS OWN THINGWhile the resources of a network like Harvardwood may seem alluring, there are those who seek similar ends and pursue them without the help of such a vast organization. Ian M. Thompson ’11 recently began working as a paid intern under Harvardwood affiliate and screenwriter Andrew Arthur, who heads a Cambridge-based film and theatrical production company called EarthHart Productions. Thompson attended an informal seminar taught by Arthur last semester and afterwards accepted a position as Arthur?...
...Bill just said something dumb. And if the Clinton campaign crashes and burns, maybe she was just another politician with name recognition and a lot of money who ran for President and never connected. There's far more precedent for that - ask Presidents Dewey or Stevenson or Humphrey or Thompson or Romney - than there is for a less parsimonious explanation...
...elected SAC vice chair for the Committee on Undergraduate Education. Joyce Y. Zhang ’09 was elected in an unopposed bid for vice chair for House Life. Tamar Holoshitz ’10 was elected in an unopposed bid for vice chair of College Life. Jennifer L. Thompson ’09 was also elected unopposed to the position of SAC secretary. Finance Committee elections will be held on Wednesday. —Staff writer Chelsea L. Shover can be reached at clshover@fas.harvard.edu...