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...polls at the moment would suggest that voters in Ohio agree. Unless something happens to change the dynamic between now and election day, the state that in 2004 handed George W. Bush the electoral votes he need to win a second term could be a complete washout for his party this year. The Foley scandal, says Franklin County Republican Chairman Doug Preisse, is "one more pebble in a balance that was already weighted heavily against us." Even before it broke, Ohio's Republicans were facing a stiff headwind from a struggling economy, a G.O.P. scandal in the statehouse and increasing...
...college coach, who typically imposes tight control over pliant 18-year-olds, meld the egos of millionaired NBA megastars? After all, several top college coaches have fired airballs in the pros, guys like Lon Kruger of Illinois, fired by the Atlanta Hawks, and Miami's Leonard Hamilton, a washout with the Washington Wizards. Krzyzewski's favorite wink-wink reply: "I'm a millionaire...
After the complete washout that was the Ivy title race last season, at least there’s an outside chance for some fireworks entering the final weekend of league play.Sure, Penn still holds a comfortable lead and can either clinch the title with a sweep this weekend, a split and a Princeton loss, or a win at Jadwin Gym on Tuesday. But the prospect of the latter option is what has people excited.Imagine the Quakers laying an egg in New Haven tomorrow night in front of a downright nasty Yale crowd, and the Tigers cleaning up the next night...
...both drew a mix of half a million marchers-workers, professionals, businesspeople and just plain ordinary folk-vigorously protesting everything from China's interference in the territory to local government incompetence to the lack of free elections. This year, however, promises to be a relative washout. A dejected Hung expects only 50,000 to show up. "I thought the momentum couldn't be stopped, that this was a revolution whose tide couldn't be turned," she says, during a leisurely two-hour lunch she now has the time to take. "But people aren't interested in democracy anymore...
...both drew a mix of half a million marchers?workers, professionals, businesspeople and just plain ordinary folk?vigorously protesting everything from China's interference in the territory to local government incompetence to the lack of free elections. This year, however, promises to be a relative washout. A dejected Hung expects only 50,000 to show up. "I thought the momentum couldn't be stopped, that this was a revolution whose tide couldn't be turned," she says, during a leisurely two-hour lunch she now has the time to take. "But people aren't interested in democracy anymore...