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...this stage, then, the Democrats' 9-point advantage in party preference may not be a reliable indicator of a shift in control of the House of Representatives. Democrats almost always trump Republicans on the generic party preference question in pre-election polling, but the voting day outcomes are often shaped by turnout. Indeed, the equivalent question in a spring 1994 Gallup survey gave the Democrats a 6-point lead - and that was the year of the Republican Revolution, in which Newt Gingrich's troops, armed with their Contract with America, gained control of both chambers of Congress...
...current Republican Party Platform,” writes HRC president Stephen E. Dewey ’07, “so we do not have a default position on it.”The hope is that once the issue becomes more public, campus groups will have to shift out of neutral and take a stand.SYMBOLIC VICTORYAlthough the potential for discussion and debate may exist, the absence of administrative protection does not allow transgendered students to emerge and begin to challenge the culture of discrimination.“That you can be fired or not admitted to Harvard...
...first big insight, more than a decade ago, was to figure out that the future lay beyond chairs. The Calligaris furnishing collection, sold under the slogan "Italian Living," last year included sofas and beds for the first time, as well as shelves, tables and, of course, chairs. One big shift came in 2000 when the firm began buying and processing its wood in Croatia, at a plant near the forests where it's cut. Calligaris switched some of the upholstery work to Bosnia, where wages are one-tenth of those in Italy. And he has put a relentless focus...
...officials acknowledged that the policy shift came in response to fears that their system could be viewed as unconstitutional...
...fight, then the risk of a trade war breaking out will ease. And eventually, free-market mechanisms?not ham-handed political intervention?may resolve the current bilateral trade tension. Jun Ma, chief China economist at Deutsche Bank, believes China is now in the midst of a historic economic shift. Investment spending is decelerating and consumption is picking up, although the shift is likely to take years to unfold. That, in turn, could bring China's trade surpluses down, as new opportunities open up for foreign companies that make everything from digital cameras to medical equipment to pollution-control devices...