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...even Presidents up for re-election have been known to try to run as outsiders, and rookie candidates should be optimistic about where voters fall now on the change-vs.-experience spectrum. It's worth remembering what usually happens to amateurs who are ambitious enough to think they can vault to the top of the political pile: they end up acting just like the professionals who are already there. But maybe this year really will be different after...
...Olympics provide a simple calculation for its ascent. Two decades ago in Seoul, China won just five golds. By 2004 in Athens, the country's 32-medal gold rush was second only to that of the U.S. Now China is hoping its home-turf advantage in Beijing will vault it into first place. If the People's Republic succeeds, the controversies over protests in Tibet, arms for Darfur, Steven Spielberg's pulling out as adviser to the Games--all that loss of face to date will have been worth it. It will also be a balm for a nation still...
...would become the hallmark of a veteran-stacked defense that allowed only 22 percent of third down conversions and notched 21 interceptions in just 10 games. Senior cornerback Steven Williams had two of his eight picks on the year against the Bears as part of a season that would vault him into the Harvard record books and make him one of Harvard’s 11 All-Ivy selections as well as one of two Ivy players selected as an All-American.Whether it was inevitable or something just clicked, the Crimson started to roll after the tough start. Big wins against...
...with no British general election mandated for two more years, Cameron has little say about whether it's time for Brown to go. The Prime Minister's more immediate threat is from restless Labourites keen to vault the party out of the hapless political rut it has inhabited since Brown decided not to call snap elections last fall...
...hard for Eda to be pleased with her performance cause she holds herself to a high standard,” co-captain Sally Stanton said. “But she did really well.”Senior Clara Blattler cleared 3.75 meters to finish seventh in the pole vault, while co-captain Sally Stanton tied for 18th with a clearance of 3.50 meters. Junior Brittan Smith rounded out Harvard’s field events with a 5.88-meter long jump.In the track events, freshman Jamie Olson narrowly missed the NCAA regional cut-off in the 1500-meter run with...