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DIED. ANITA BORG, 54, computer scientist who galvanized women worldwide to join the male-dominated field; of brain cancer; in Sonoma, Calif. At a 1987 conference, she struck up a chat in the ladies' room about the paltry turnout of women. She then founded the "Systers" e-mail list and co-founded a prestigious biannual convention. Her trademark T shirt read, WELL BEHAVED WOMEN RARELY MAKE HISTORY...
...very excited [about being president]—also about the strength of the board,” Okunseinde says. “And I’m also very excited about the voter turnout and the number of candidates...
...Headlining has been] a lot more work and a lot more pressure, but the turnout has been great and is a testament to the album’s popularity on college radio,” says Nakamoto...
...student turnout is fantastic. People are more and more concerned about the direction our country is heading in, and the economy is really on people’s minds now,” said Karen Hicks, New Hampshire state director of the Dean for President campaign...
Encouraged by the turnout at their walk-out on the war’s first day that drew a crowd of about 1,200 students and professors, the Harvard Initiative for Peace and Justice (HIPJ) worked during break to publicize Saturday’s protest...