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...hiring Billy Rogers, a Democratic political consultant from Texas, to run the Nevada campaign. Rogers sends people door to door daily to target supporters he can call on Election Day and bus to voting booths. This could make the difference in what the polls show is an almost evenly split electorate. Rogers' office is situated in a Vegas strip mall, just above an Asian massage parlor, which is right next to a children's tutoring center, which is all you need to know to understand why the project is staging this fight in Nevada. The office looks more like...
...will amount to little more than ceremony, sending veteran politicians back to their still-warm seats on Capitol Hill. In a handful of other states, however, voters will weigh in on some extraordinarily close races - and decide which party controls the U.S. House and Senate, each of which are split almost as evenly as possible. The Democrats need 6 seats to capture the House; Republicans are looking for just two seats to take the Senate...
...early to say if this is the wisdom of Solomon, but last week Citigroup tried to save itself by dividing in half. Responding to alleged conflicts of interest between the research and investment arms of its Salomon Smith Barney investment bank, the world's largest financial institution will split off analysts into a new unit called Smith Barney and headed by Sallie Krawcheck. As CEO of independent research firm Sanford Bernstein, Krawcheck became the model of honest analysis while banks like Citigroup were rocked by scandal. But is this real reform, or just a gesture? Significantly, Citigroup's announcement came...
...cowboy spurs in the 1970s, veering wildly between Reagan-Thatcher economics and French "laborism." He resigned as Prime Minister in 1976 after deciding that President Val?ry Giscard d'Estaing wasn't taking enough notice of him. In 1981, after founding his own party, he ran a presidential campaign that split the right and allowed the left to win the presidency. He tried again in 1988 and was routed by Fran?ois Mitterrand, finally making it to the Elysée Palace in 1995, only to lose legislative elections, and control of the government, two years later. Chirac's determination to succeed...
...from that parity,” said Cornell coach Mike Schafer, whose team made a convincing run at the ECAC regular season title last year. “Teams have to separate themselves from the pack in order to be successful. They’re going to emerge and split the pack...