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...base is faithful and vocal. Getting a ticket to a game is no easier than finding a way inside Cameron Indoor at Duke...
...politicians. These have always occurred, this year being no different. Second, as important as the “ground-game” is, and it is, organization is simply not enough. There are more conservatives than liberals in this country and we cannot win elections solely by energizing our base. Third, effectively becoming Republicans will not work either. The GOP has become adept at dividing our party, providing litmus-test votes that will “expose” us as progressives no matter what. Without the power of any branch of government, we have ceased to have the power...
Henry, who had owned the Florida Marlins, is part of a new breed captivated by a strategy for evaluating players called sabermetrics. Its adherents dismiss traditional measures like batting average and RBIs, seeing stats like on-base percentages and pitch counts as better indicators of productivity. In this view, a guy who hits .250 and walks 50 times might create as many runs as one who hits .300 and strikes out a lot. He'd be a damn sight cheaper too. Sabermetrics produced signings such as that of third baseman Bill Mueller (with a $2 million-a-year salary...
While the Oldhams have traditionally found their base with the indie community, Ned Oldham seems to make conscious efforts to depart from his brother’s footsteps. If there’s one thing hipsters hate, it’s jam-rock, and while I wouldn’t be so bold as to classify this record so damningly, it’s safe to say that this album would find a friend in a mourning Phish-head much more easily than someone who’s into, say, the Dismemberment Plan. The songs are long, and the songs...
...further weaken their national movement. The basis of a succession of Arafat's PA role, therefore, will be the holding of the first Palestinian legislative and presidential elections in eight years. Following the PA constitution, the speaker of the legislature, Rawhi Fattuh - a marginal figure with no independent power base - will act as president for 60 days, until elections can be held. The strongest candidate in such an election will, in all likelihood, be the nominee of Fatah, which remains the largest single faction. (Hamas is expected to participate in municipal elections and possibly even run for the Palestinian legislature...