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Last New Year’s Eve, Steven E. Johnston ’09 was on the trail with John McCain’s campaign, driving a van for members of the press to drop in at various parties where the senator was speaking. When he got back into his vehicle after a dinner stop, his boss told him Johnston was going to be driving McCain himself...
...Minow added that his family has since become good friends with the Obama family, and has “supported him in his various campaigns, introduced him to friends, and invited the Obamas to local events...
...When Stone arrived at Harvard in 1994 after coaching at various prep schools, she quickly worked to convert what had been a mediocre program into a powerhouse. After finishing under .500 three seasons in a row, the Crimson executed a stunning turnaround in the 1998-99 campaign, cruising to a 31-1-0 record and the AWCHA championship. Since then, Harvard has consistently been among the top teams in the nation, appearing in seven NCAA tournaments and winning five ECAC titles...
...acknowledges that the various ways in which REP distributes CFL bulbs, including tabling and door drops, make it tricky to remind everyone to dispose of them properly...
...psychologist Robert Zajonc wrote compellingly in 1980, "We do not just a see 'a house.' We see a 'handsome' house, an 'ugly' house, or a 'pretentious' house ... We sometimes delude ourselves that we proceed in a rational manner and weigh all the pros and cons of the various alternatives. But this is probably seldom the actual case. Quite often 'I decided in favor of X' is no more than 'I like X.'" Most of us pick what we like, Zajonc said, and then we justify it later...