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...Replace the team’s Gatorade in the team’s cooler with Southern Comfort. Disguise yourself as Coach Murphy and lead the Crimson to victory. Wait to get doused...
...call to pick up his XXL tuxedo from Classic Tuxedo tonight—he’s going to a football player and cheerleader convention masquerading at the Harvard Club of Boston as some sort of consulting firm. “Yeah, of course—oh wait, not sure, I’m committed to a pre-Krokodiloes engagement.” Roommates are the darndest thing. And almost universally, at Harvard at least, they become families. I’m not sure there’s a moral to this endpaper; it’s meant simply...
...change the terms of debate. Frequently apt to learn the wrong lessons from elections, and eager to interpret any gains as a sign of support for big government, Democrats will use their momentum to try to create and expand a host of government programs at taxpayer expense. Republicans should wait for the House to pass several such programs and then expose not only the proposals themselves but also the impact that they will have on the deficit and on taxes. Once we reestablish ourselves as the party of fiscal conservatism, we will regain our support in middle America...
...Most investors and expatriates, however, seem to be taking a more calculating wait-and-see approach with Ortega. Lori Estrada, head of the newly formed Nicaragua Association of Investors and Developers, sent out a letter informing her members: "Mr. Ortega stated that he is fully committed to promoting foreign investment and tourism, realizing that it was the future of the country's economic growth. We believe he is serious." The association is already planning to hold a congratulatory cocktail for Ortega in December...
...Many investors seem willing to give Ortega the benefit of the doubt, not necessarily because they trust him, but because they are already here and it's easier to wait and see than to cut and run. "We believe that Mr. Ortega is serious about his commitment to promote foreign investment and tourism," said Pennsylvania native Mike Cobb, president of Gran Pacifica development, which promises to be the first Marriott beach resort in Nicaragua. Cobb says his project plans to "move ahead with all due speed" and "stick to the path we have established...