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McCain's Nerve Center Rick Davis has worked on Republican presidential campaigns for almost 30 years. After running John McCain's 2000 long-shot bid, he returned as campaign manager last summer to help engineer the candidate's comeback by, among other things, making major cuts in spending. With no fancy office (or even a cubicle) at McCain's Arlington, Va., headquarters, Davis, 50, directs an operation of about 100 employees, including many twentysomething staffers brand-new to presidential politics. Here's a tour of his work space...
...Supine on a love seat in his home at the end of a leafy cul-de-sac in Brentwood, Calif., Downey attempts to explain his improbable comeback. Like many of his stories, this one meanders poetically and involves, oh, several hundred kung-fu metaphors. "I've just been at the ready, and when the opening was there, I hit it," Downey says. "Guard your centerline, watch the lead elbow, look for an opening, make contact, exchange, advance or retreat and stay connected." He's fit, mellow and reflective after a morning of power-flow yoga with his teacher Vinnie Marino...
...Medvedev's four-year term expires in 2012. If Putin's party does amend the Constitution, extending presidential tenure to five or seven years, as many expect, Putin might yet have his triumphant Kremlin comeback. The question is whether Medvedev's entourage might entice their man to move beyond the playground sandbox to which Putin has relegated the presidency. In the unlikely event Medvedev elects to challenge his mentor, it will quickly become clear which end of the power spectrum is dominant...
No.1 singles saw Kumar stave off a second-set comeback attempt by senior Jason Pinsky The Harvard senior stormed out early by breaking serve in the first game, but Pinsky crawled back and tied the set up at 5-5 with a break of his own. Kumar ultimately pulled away with another break in the 11th game, setting up service...
...Omodele-Lucien against Adam Schwartz of the Quakers at No. 5. After falling 3-6 in the first set, the only set the Crimson dropped on the afternoon, Omodele-Lucien took charge in a 6-4 second set win. In the decisive third set, the Harvard freshman completed the comeback with a well-fought 15-13 tiebreaker victory, securing the sweep...