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...least 24 percent in 2006, according to preliminary data from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, based at the University of Maryland. That increase was powered by at least 2 million more youth voters.“Young people are at the vanguard of new technology and they are the hottest new voters,” said David C. King, associate director of the Institute of Politics and lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government. “Facebook is going to be a very important tool for campaigns moving forward.”Though...
Monterrey is home to many of Mexico's largest companies, some now in the vanguard of going global. They benefited from their proximity to the U.S. and from imitating its business culture. (The Dallas Cowboys count about 1,400 Monterrey fans as season-ticket holders.) They also bulked up on Mexico's earlier import-substitution policies, which positioned them well for the challenges and opportunities when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into force in January 1994. The lion's share of $200 billion of foreign investment that has rolled in since then--two-thirds from...
...national stage, and narrowly missed earning a key home regatta win on the Charles.Though no wins came of the weekend, a strong performance was a good sign for a Harvard team that wishes to retain its newly acquired No. 1 ranking as the fall finish line nears.ICSA VANGUARD SINGLEHANDED CHAMPIONSHIPRoger Williams played host to the three-day Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association’s Foster Trophy, the national championship for the singlehanded competitors. Light conditions on Sunday condensed the event down to two days, with each participant racing a total of 12 times. The Crimson qualified both senior captain Clay...
...investment world is filled withnumbers, but these are perhaps the most troubling: according to Vanguard founder Jack Bogle, in the 20 years ending in 2005, the S&P 500 index rose 11.9% annually and the average mutual fund 9.7%, but the average investor realized only a 6.9% return. The difference between the index and the average mutual fund is readily explained by fund costs, including management fees...
...recent exposure of former Rep. Mark A. Foley (R-Fla.) sending sexually explicit correspondence to young Congressional pages immediately comes to mind. Foley wasn’t just any politician; he was a member of the anti-child pornography vanguard in the House, serving as former co-chair of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children. He also introduced a bill in 2002 to protect children from exploitive child modeling, wrote letters to officials in Florida in 2003 asking for review of teenager programs at a nudist resort, and made sex offender laws more severe this year by helping...