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...Like McCain, Mitt Romney is a prodigious spender of campaign cash. Unlike McCain, Romney can dip into a huge personal fortune to supplement his fund-raising - and has done so. The former Massachusetts Governor is also the only Republican candidate in the top tier whose poll numbers have been inching upward since the beginning of the year. This is especially true in the lead-off states of Iowa and New Hampshire, where he currently tops the field, a fact that causes some strategists to declare Romney the race's "real front-runner." It is not an unreasonable claim...
...Galaxy president and former U.S. World Cup star Alexi Lalas has brought Beckham to these shores in a repeat of what the New York Cosmos tried 32 years ago by bringing Pele to play in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. For leaving behind the top-tier clubs of Europe, Beckham will earn $250 million from a combination of sponsorship deals, merchandizing sales and a percentage of club profits...
Faust has largely remained mum on her presidential priorities, but she has said that she will consider restructuring the administration of Harvard's flagship school, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, in light of concerns that some of the top-tier positions have become too demanding. She also plans to launch an initiative to examine the place of the arts at Harvard...
...formally entered the race, he will not have to file a report with the Federal Election Commission until October. As for the other GOP contenders, none is expected to raise much more than $1 million, further cementing the perception that their chances of breaking into the top tier of candidates are small...
...golf courses closed in the U.S. than opened (146 shut down, while only 119 opened), the first such occurrence in six decades. "The game is less attractive to beginners because the courses are too long and hard, take too much time and are too expensive," says Jones. A top-tier course designer like him earns about $1 million on a typical commission, so the decrease has made the business tougher...