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...between high Cambridge rents and a limited base of alumnae donations, the group had to struggle to put together the funds...
...others just infuriated by the exceptionally unfair lottery used to determine enrollment into the popular class, commonly known as Psych 15. Far from any sick joke or experiment, the lottery was taken quite seriously by Professor of Psychology Daniel M. Wegner and his teaching staff, who arbitrarily decided to base class admission on the ability to find a seat in the packed hall...
...population, was only 17 percent. The result is that the two key Sunni candidates, President Yawer and former foreign minister Adnan Pachachi between them took less than 2 percent of the total vote. The extent of the Sunni stay-away underscores the danger of Sunni alienation entrenching a social base for the insurgency that has continued to rage since election day, and Jaafari and other Shiite leaders are concerned to draw away support from the more extreme element by seeking common ground with Sunni nationalists. That may require drawing in some of the leaders who boycotted the election, rather than...
...faced with negotiating a relationship with a new government that reflects limited U.S. influence, and whose leaders enjoy historic ties with Iran. Jaafari's Dawa party, like the SCIRI, spent its exile years based largely in Iran, and while their leaders are careful to distinguish themselves from the Iranian approach to involving the clergy in politics, they nonetheless express a strong kinship with the Iranians. Even the Kurdish presidential nominee, Jalal Talabani, has historically enjoyed good relations with Tehran. While the new government in Iraq is unlikely to mimic Iran's theocracy, it is likely to assume a foreign policy...
During his Presidential campaign, Dr. Dean showed an incredible ability to excite voters at the grassroots and raise small donations from a broad base of voters. At the DNC, Dean will have a chance to put his small dollar fundraising skills to work. During the election season, the Democrats made major strides in their low dollar fundraising ability, but the Republicans still out-raised the Democrats in overall dollars. Democrats were forced to rely on independent “527” organizations to make up the difference in traditional fundraising. These organizations exploited a loophole in federal election...