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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...vow to bring people together will mean nothing if he just does what's already easy. He has to find real Republicans to put in real Cabinet positions, not just Transportation. He needs to use his power in ways that make both parties equally unhappy, to dust off the weighty words we need to hear, not just the uplifting ones - like austerity, sacrifice, duty to the children we keep borrowing from. The national debt passed $10 trillion in September; in the next month, we added $500 billion to it - the fastest, deepest plunge into red ink in more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Obama Rewrote the Book | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...Obama’s steadfast support for the nation of Israel and vow to ensure her continued existence—along with the rest of his platform—should absolutely persuade voters who support Israel to fill in the bubble next to his name. Tomorrow, a vote for Obama will be a vote for Israel...

Author: By Alix M. Olian | Title: “Baracha” Obama | 11/2/2008 | See Source »

...rise of the old tongue has some worried about a potentially new conflict: that the increasing number of gaelscoileanna will pit Ireland's constitutional vow to preserve its "native" language against the obligation as a modern country to integrate its increasing immigrant population. While Walsh and hundreds of thousands of other Irish were making their way home, other, newer migration paths were being cut from China, Nigeria, Poland and many other countries. Between the late 1980s and today, the percentage of foreign-born residents in Ireland grew from around 1% to almost 12%. "People choose gaelscoileanna for all kinds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ireland's Language Dilemma | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

Boston has finally made good on a vow the police department made four years ago to bring the regulations on the Harvard-Yale tailgate in line with city standards on university sporting events. The demand for compliance has resulted in a policy for this year’s Game that is in part stricter than in 2006 and in part more relaxed...

Author: By Abby D. Phillip, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Boston Rules Change ‘The Game’ | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...Student GOP leaders like York say Obama has also been helped by the fact that he's vastly outspending McCain at their schools - part of the Obama campaign's vow to shell out a whopping $39 million in Florida this fall. "We too are saturating Facebook,"says York, whose group has reached out to younger voters with slogans like "Vote for the Hero and the Hottie," referring to McCain and his running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. "But the Republican Party needs to get more serious and creative about this group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Voters Could Be the Deciding Factor in Florida | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

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