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...Democratic aide. "That's why Dean got his lift-off. He saw how angry Democrats across the country really were." In a TIME/CNN poll, 77% of Democrats said the party needs better leaders in Congress, and 63% said it hasn't been strong enough in taking on President Bush. Listen to the Democrats who are turning up at high school gyms on cold New Hampshire nights, and you hear almost as much anger aimed at Washington Democrats as at the White House. "The Democratic Party essentially collapsed after the 2000 elections," Dean argues. "George Bush lost, essentially...
Sure, you could decide whom to vote for by listening to the candidates speak and reading their position papers, but wouldn't it be easier if there were armies of political-science majors who did all the sorting and thinking for you? There are. They're the college-age campaign volunteers in New Hampshire, and if you simply decide which group of them you like best--voila, there's your candidate. As a service guide, we have figured out the volunteers' lifestyles, as defined by where they shop (Banana Republic or Salvation Army?), what they read (Noam Chomsky...
...Even if the student does not listen the first time, intervention from these adults can gradually make students more aware of the state of their mental health, Kadison says...
...once, Dean didn't dispute a charge being hurled at him by an opponent. "I was talking four years ago," he said. "If I knew then what I know now ..." Iowa is a small state that teaches big lessons. They are about the value of knowing how to listen--and of knowing when to watch what you say. They are about learning whether it's too late for another chance or too soon to take your first one. And if a candidate doesn't learn them in Iowa, he may never get another chance anywhere else. --With reporting by Perry...
...Listen to enough marriage plaints, and you may conclude that Tolstoy was wrong: unhappy families really are all alike. They argue over sex, money, the kids, the lack of free time. After five years of marriage, Tom, 39, and Suzanne, 35, sparred with increasing frequency and rancor over the usual "spending" issues. He thought she was spending too much money; she thought he wasn't spending enough time with her and their two children. The counseling they tried didn't help. "It just made the situation artificial," says Suzanne. She's the verbal one; Tom, from a military family...