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...Dean's staff, the Nebraska Democratic Party held conventions in 68 of the state's 93 counties this year, up from 36 in 2004; participants signed up to canvass and serve as precinct captains. Grant says staff members from the Democratic National Committee have worked to identify and contact potential voters in his district, a task congressional candidates in most states have to do themselves. Party officials in Idaho and Nebraska credit the communications directors they hired with Dean's funds--neither state had a full-time party flack--with helping coordinate their messages and successfully attack G.O.P. candidates...
...spend on tools that help us make more money, says Larry Compeau, an associate professor of marketing at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. "Two-car family? Of course, how else are you going to get to work?" Compeau asks. "Cell phones? Most companies want to be able to contact you even if you are at home having dinner." We even feel the need to get the most out of our leisure time, spending money on faster Internet connections and cable channels by the thousand...
...speaking English and says she didn't find her "path into the deaf culture" until she was 23. That's too late for some opponents. "People like [Fernandes] who entered the deaf world later in life can become culturally deaf, but some don't ... They sign stiffly. The eye contact, the body movements--all the cultural stuff is slightly off. They're like second-language learners," says Fleischer, who knows Fernandes and opposes her appointment...
...Harvard cross but could not hold on to the ball. After a collision, Harvard had possession in front of an open net, but Dale lay on the ground with goalie interference the call against the Crimson. While it was unclear whether Dale had possession at the time of contact, the call could have gone either way. An equalizing goal might have provided the spark the Crimson needed to match the home team’s intensity. But with 11:36 left in the first half, Princeton’s Diana Matheson took advantage of some defensive commotion in the Crimson?...
...work with and support one another regardless of race or class. She described how she was able to connect with different types of women while she was touring with her heavy metal band, Wicked Wisdom, in Waterloo, Iowa. “I’ve had a lot of contact with women I normally don’t have contact with, and it’s made me realize the connection we have as women,” she said. “There are always going to be differences between women, but there is power in numbers...