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...Armageddon was a brief stopover a few days ago for a contingent of Christians led by the Texas televangelist Pastor John Hagee, who believes that doomsday is nigh. In his recent book Jerusalem Countdown, which has sold 1.4 million copies, Hagee uses contemporary news events, such as the threat of a nuclear Iran, to describe the lead-up to a war in which the Russian and Arab armies invade Israel and are destroyed by God in a terrible battle on this very spot...
Since the 2008 campaign began in 2006, it was fitting that election night came early, the anchors with their big screen maps, the countdown clocks and rolling tallies and vamping pundits as everyone waited for the polls to close and the answers to come, at the end of the beginning of the longest campaign ever. But unlike next November, when the maps and clocks will return, Super Tuesday has its own rules: for the candidates, coming in second actually counts for something, and beating your rival is not enough; you have to beat expectations as well...
...Clinton and husband, Bill, will host a party across town featuring the band Big Head Todd and the Monsters. And former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is throwing a fete for supporters and volunteers with three local bands at the Des Moines Quality Inn, where he'll offer a countdown toast...
...tune of John Mayer’s “Waiting on the World to Change,” an estimated 2,100 people waited for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to ascend the stage at “Countdown to Change” in Boston last night. The campaign event was publicized at Harvard through the efforts of Jason Q. Berkenfeld ’11, a volunteer in the Harvard Students for Barack Obama group. Turnout by Harvard undergraduates appeared to be relatively low, though Berkenfeld said he was unsure how many were in attendance. Berkenfeld said he thinks...
...single scene is longer than two minutes.” “Playing this role has been really hard; you’ve gotta jump into a scene right in the middle,” says Dan McCabe, who’ll be playing the title role. THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS Much like the film, time plays an important plot-driving factor. Stern envisioned the set with a clock counting down until Halloween as an ever present focal point of the set, which itself is a mystery. Designed by Matt McAdon, the set will combine all the different scenes from...