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...bank account, it doesn't seem all that foolish to stay in the race, no matter how bleak his prospects might seem today. In a year when a little known Baptist minister can come from nowhere to win Iowa, a left-for-dead septuagenarian can claw out a comeback win in New Hampshire, and when Hillary Clinton can begin the day fighting back rumors that she's dropping out the race and end it by delivering a victory speech - anything is possible. And Mitt Romney might just find those votes he's looking...
...undecided this late," said Dale Kuehne, associate professor of politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, as voters prepared to go to the polls. Arizona Sen. John McCain, near-broke and plummeting in the polls just months ago, put on the same green sweater he wore for his 2000 comeback in New Hampshire, and even stayed in the same hotel room. "There is no superstition I won't indulge," he said. In the end, the sweater worked: McCain beat former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney by 5 percentage points...
...most elections, older voters far outnumbered younger voters, working to her advantage. Thanking New Hampshire in her victory speech, she said she has "found her voice." Echoing the words her husband spoke 16 years ago after he survived New Hampshire, she added: "Let's give America the kind of comeback that New Hampshire has just given...
...MacDonald said. Princeton also wrestled a 1-0 lead away from the Crimson in a span of five minutes in the third period on Saturday night. While the team acknowledges the need to maintain focus for the full 60 minutes, part of Princeton’s quick comeback was a fluky goal when the puck found a Tiger exiting the penalty box with a clear path to the goal. “On Friday night, we played pretty well in the second two periods, but in the first, we allowed them too many good scoring chances,” MacDonald...
...second-half run fell just short for the Harvard women’s basketball team Saturday night at Lavietes Pavilion, as the Crimson started its Ivy League title defense with a tough 52-47 loss to rival Dartmouth. Despite the comeback effort, Harvard’s poor first-half display, in which it shot just 8-for-29 and turned the ball over 14 times, spelled its first league loss in nearly a year. “We’re a much better team than we showed tonight,” junior forward Katie Rollins said. Last year...