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...November. Let this not simply be a war of attrition. It may be hard to imagine now, but Democrats will eventually overcome the impasse at which they currently find themselves and nominate one candidate to head their ticket for the presidential election next November. Although in duration and money spent, the fight to capture the Democratic nomination might seem like the be-all-end-all, what we have seen so far is just the beginning. After the party convention in August, the nominee is will have to fight the real battle—the one for the White House?...
...that they had a lot of prior knowledge about female circumcision. Most said that they had heard the term but didn’t know much about it. The most vocal participants had experience with the issue. Megan A. Shutzer ’10, for instance, said she had spent time in Senegal working with the organization Tostan to reduce the practice of female circumcision. Some attendees argued that some forms of female circumcision are not as violent as they are often portrayed, and that the practice is seen in some cultures as an important rite of purification before marriage...
...Rachelle Gaudet, a biology professor who researches how proteins on the surface of cells sense pain and temperature, spent a total of five years submitting and resubmitting her grant application...
...report - and they were obliged to read it in a guarded room, on condition that they took no notes and signed a pledge saying they would keep its contents secret. Although the Parliament's vice presidents agreed on Monday to review the system of hiring office assistants, they spent two weeks insisting the report was either non-existent or confidential...
...Obama, taking nothing for granted, spent Monday campaigning in Jackson, Greenville and Columbus, where his town hall meeting drew a crowd of 1,700 people, according to Columbus fire marshal Todd Weathers. He has seven offices statewide and is running two TV ads plus radio advertisements. "I think you can expect to see Obama win in a fairly easy fashion," Brown said. "Mississippi is not exactly what you would call 'Hillary country,' and I suspect she is viewed with some suspicion even among Democrats, most of whom are fairly conservative...