Word: tiered
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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It’s amazing how rapidly the Ivy League has divided itself into four tiers, and how the two squads from each tier are all playing each other tomorrow. Penn-Yale is obviously the second-best game of the weekend, with the resurgent Quakers hosting the upstart Bulldogs in Philly...
Don’t be mistaken by the order here, this is definitely the bottom-tier matchup...
GOING TO STAY HOME AND BAKE COOKIES? Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner, dubbed the anti-Hillary by pundits, gives up his place in the first tier of 2008 Democratic presidential candidates to--wait for it--spend more time with his family. "I want to have a real life," he said. He really is the anti-Hillary...
...presidency - raising buckets of money for other Democrats, schmoozing activists in key primary states, winning lots of positive reviews in the press. Although the prospect of competing with Senator Clinton for the nomination is daunting for any Democratic candidate, Warner had firmly established himself as a top-tier alternative. If anyone was in a position to topple Hillary, or to benefit if she chose not to run, it was Warner...
...only African-American currently serving in the Senate— delivered a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. His speech struck such a resounding chord with a class of African-Americans that a couple of years later, a record number of African-American candidates are vying for upper-tier political offices. From gubernatorial candidates Deval L. Patrick ’78 in the state of Massachusetts, Lynn Swann of Pennsylvania, and Ken Blackwell of Ohio to senatorial candidates Michael Steele of Maryland and Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee, more African-Americans than ever have stepped...