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...took me out to dinner at Sandrine’s on Saturday,” she responded, smiling. “Oh, Sandrine’s. Cute. I think Goldman’s hosting a dinner there Thursday night.” Livingstone twiddled her thumb over her electronic calendar to verify, and nodded her head to indicate that the dinner would indeed be held Thursday night. “Well, anyways. You have a boyfriend. Good for you,” she added, beginning to pant as the elliptical ascended to level 6. “I just have...
...good” turnout, up four percent from turnout in 2000. In the 2000 presidential election, a staggering 20 percent of eligible non-voters avoided the polls due to “scheduling conflict or inconvenient voting procedures.” And, of those affected by such calendar clashes, most cited inflexible workday schedules—too often correlated with lower socioeconomic status—as barriers to voting. At its best, then, the system is merely broken; at its worst, it discriminates along socioeconomic lines...
...country. For example, at Texas Women's University in Denton, the food pantry for students noted a sharp increase in customers during the summer session; meanwhile, a Seattle food bank near the University of Washington has seen about a 25% increase in students' visits compared to the previous calendar year, and demand for the food assistance program at the Community College of Denver has doubled in the last year...
...calendar turns to October, many begin looking ahead to Halloween and the promise of endless treats. But, for Harvard men’s water polo, revenge against the Brown Bears might be even sweeter.The Crimson (2-4) returns to action tonight against the Bears at 7 p.m. in Blodgett Pool after spending the past week recovering from a difficult sweep in the ECAC Championships. Brown (5-5) was among the teams to hand Harvard a tournament loss, but the 14-6 defeat served as tremendous motivation for the young Crimson squad.“We still have a bitter taste...
...opening overview, followed by several minutes of open-ended debate in which the candidates will be able to directly engage with one other. This is a clear improvement over a more rigid structure, as it helps emphasize what makes the debates such unique events on the campaign calendar: their ability to force candidates to respond directly to an adversary’s challenge. Too often, overly structured debate too closely resembles two simultaneous interviews, with each candidate spouting carefully memorized talking points, rather than a substantive debate in which the merits of ideas can truly be tested. It seems...