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...auspicious place to start: the top. The Francises and the Bushes are Texas families connected by the deep bonds of power and wealth. L.B.J. biographer Robert Caro has called Francis' granduncle Charles I. Francis a "heroic figure in the Texas oil industry." The younger Charles first met George W. Bush some 15 years ago on a bass-fishing trip in Athens, Texas, where both families had getaways. Francis' brother James was Bush's campaign chairman in the 1994 gubernatorial race. Four years later, Charles came out to Bush in a letter. "The day he gets it, he calls...
...asylum seekers and refugees came to the country - costing the government j590 million. As it has in the past, the SVP is making immigration (legal and otherwise) a hot-button issue. But this time around the party is breaking out of its traditional elderly, agrarian base to attract younger and more liberal voters - like Pierre-Alain Favre, a 42-year-old computer programmer from Geneva who has always voted for more moderate parties. "Every night I see African drug dealers on the streets and I'm getting sick of it," he says. "I want these people out, so this year...
...scooter boom. “A lot of people between age 18 and their late twenties longboard,” says Jay Neuwinger, employee at Blades, an all-purpose skate shop on JFK Street. “It’s mostly people who did skateboarding when they were younger, who want to keep doing it but also some transportation.” Longbaords provide more stability and speed, and some find that they are easier to control than skateboards. “They’re for cruising around town,” says Neuwinger. “Bombing...
Edwards’ visit to Harvard is part of a broader effort by the senator to court younger voters, said Tait Sye, a campaign spokesperson...
...said Sye, who noted that Edwards’ “College for Everyone” plan, under which the federal government would fund the first year’s tuition at public universities for students who work at least 10 hours per week, has resonated with younger voters...