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...polls, and the Iowa caucuses creep up on the calendar (earlier in the week the Democrats announced they'll caucus January 3rd) plenty of people believe that the only way for Obama to dent Clinton's lead is to take her on directly. "It won't be easy to upend her, but it is possible with the right kind of attack," says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "Obama and others need to point out that her polarizing nature may not only jeopardize the Democrats' chances for victory in 2008, but beyond...
Some fans were incredulous: how can a team with so many fewer scholarships and a relatively miniscule budget upend a storied program of Michigan’s caliber? Others were allegedly unsurprised, pointing to the Mountaineers’ consecutive national titles under coach Jerry Moore and winning streak that stretches back...
...similar shift threatens to upend Ticketmaster's live-music business. Ticketmaster has exclusive rights to sell tickets for most of the 29,000 events organized by Live Nation, the largest concert promoter in the U.S. That eight-year-old deal, which expires next year, accounts for about 20% of Ticketmaster's $1.1 billion in revenue. Live Nation's in-house ticketing system, through which it can sell up to 10% of its inventory, is already the third largest, and taking the rest inside would make it a power. But Ticketmaster isn't waiting to be cut out of the business...
Rubin listens intently from his cushioned perch and uses his lack of expertise to upend the traditional producer-as-God dynamic. "In the old days, when I'd hear something that's not working, I'd say, 'O.K., this is how we're going to fix it.' Now I ask, 'How do we fix it?' And nine times out of 10, what they come up with is as good as or better than how I would've done it," he says. Rubin's "they" includes a circle far wider than that of his peers. During a 1993 recording...
...added, it may become a problem if the withdrawal happens in the very final stage. At that point, such an announcement can "upend" a search, she said...