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...central figure lands in a city, meets the locals, attends a rally with guest speakers, then wows the crowd himself). Among the guests are Celeste Zappala, the outspoken mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, and a cadre of antiwar diplomats. At some venues, famous musicians are on hand: Eddie Vedder, Joan Baez, Steve Earle and Tom Morello, ex of Rage Against the Machine...
...deceptively clever to begin with. The objects of her affection are also unfortunately less than dreamy. D.B. Bonds as Emmett (the teaching associate Elle meets in her law class) is sweet but lacks Luke Wilson’s bookish sex appeal. Ken Land as Professor Callahan, on the other hand, is the epitome of that ruggedly handsome older professor and possesses an old-school “easy listening” voice, especially in “Blood in the Water,” a call to Harvard Law School students to roll up their sleeves and realize...
...must be spinning in his grave. Elizabeth Dole, the wife of former GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole, won Helms' North Carolina Senate seat by a comfortable nine-point margin after he vacated it in 2002. Then in 2006, as head of the Republican Senate Campaign Committee, Dole managed to hand control of the Senate to Democrats by presiding over a surprise loss of six seats. Now Dole is in danger of losing Helms' seat itself to Democratic State Senator Kay Hagan - and perhaps handing the Democrats a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority in the process...
...word ballot comes from the Italian word for small ball, ballotta, evoking the bygone practice of using colored shells or beads to cast votes. (The dreaded black ball indicated a "No" vote in ancient Greece). Early American ballots, on the other hand, mostly came in the form of one's voice. Men simply shouted their choice in public, a process known as vica voce. Though it alleviated concerns of illiteracy, the method encouraged intimidation and fraud. One of the most common forms of manipulation involved plying voters with free booze. Even Thomas Jefferson let his campaign dispense liquor on Election...
...However, it is Stone’s steady yet adaptive guiding hand has consistently placed the Crimson within reach of that final goal throughout her career, and there is little reason to believe that this season will be any different...