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...guess is that the winning side in these Republican debates will be tough on illegal immigration, federal spending and Obama. But all these arguments will also largely miss the point. When a party suffers the kind of beating the Republicans have taken in the past two elections, the public has not rejected one of its factions. It has rejected the party as a whole. Voters have turned on pro-choice as well as pro-life Republicans, on Senators who favored amnesty and ones who fought it. Evidently voters did not believe that Republicans of any stripe offered solutions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Election, Rebooting the Right | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...great win for us, a tough battle,” co-captain Niki Finelli said. “I think it was a feel-good win. We really dug deep on defense. Everything else took care of itself. We really toughed...

Author: By Melissa Schellberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Ladies Overpower Holy Cross, 73-57 | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

With a 4-2-1 overall record, it would be wrong to say that the No. 18 Harvard men’s hockey team is having a tough season...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Faces Off Against Long-Time Rival Cornell Tonight | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...they hear about our subprime mortgage crisis. They open up their filet mignon and go, hey, this is not filet mignon, this is a sausage!” Dugger and Stiglitz agreed that American companies should be as transparent as possible, but there are practical administrative problems that are tough to overcome, and a perfect solution is extraordinarily difficult. “All we have to do is to tell the banks that ‘You can’t deal with these countries that did not sign this global contract that promises financial transparency...

Author: By Youho T. Myong, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nobel Laureate Stiglitz Praises G20 Meeting | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...knowledge of him because he came from Corey Mazza’s high school,” Murphy adds. “I actually made three personal visits [to] the West Coast to see him, and it was a very tough sell at first for his family...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE GAME '08: Stepping Out of the Shadow | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

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