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...even some of the best-connected Harvard socialites were left to wait among townies with gelled hair and guys with ominously matching neck tattoos before they ran a gauntlet of bouncers who guffawed as they confiscated fake IDs and snubbed attendees for dress-code violations...
...prefer to find a brand-name, big-state governor, surround him with the same right-thinking brains on taxes, foreign policy and the New Testament, back him with all the cash he will need to corner TV time in New Hampshire and then run the nominee through a quick gauntlet of primaries before anyone else has a chance at the prize. The whole thing makes for more of a ritual than a race, but there's no doubting that the formula works. In the past seven presidential elections, G.O.P. nominees have lost only twice...
...least objectionable choice everywhere. Giuliani's entire campaign is predicated on chaos lasting until late January, when he thinks he can clobber his rivals in Florida. And Huckabee is hoping for a miracle. Only one thing is guaranteed: some candidate, however bruised and battered, will survive this gauntlet. John Sears, the master G.O.P. strategist who worked for Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan and is watching the demolition derby, calls the race "a record setter." But he notes that someone will win it. "All politics is about," says Sears, "is being a little better than the other...
...final leg of a three-game gauntlet through the upper echelon of the ECAC, the Harvard women’s hockey team came out on top again. The No. 2 Crimson (7-0-0, 7-0-0 ECAC) edged out No. 8 Dartmouth (7-2-1, 5-2-0 ECAC), 2-1, in a back-and-forth contest, maintaining its perfect record and holding on to sole possession of first place in the conference. “It was a great game for the fans,” Harvard coach Katey Stone said. “Dartmouth?...
...with that awareness, you likely also have an informed conscience that will torment you if you abandon these people whose lives you could change with very little effort. You have more than we had; you must start sooner, and carry on longer.” The gauntlet had been thrown down: as newly-minted reservoirs of resources and education, the only way to avoid “torment” is to make good on our debt to the world, as soon and as thoroughly as possible...