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...political event. The earnest coffee mornings in Iowa homes and the packed school gyms in New Hampshire; the air wars - a relentless blitz of TV ads - in megastates such as New York and California; the retail politics as candidates tramp through slush and frozen stubble; the defining moments that summon up memories of campaigns long ago - how come it was OK for Hillary Clinton to tear up in New Hampshire when the same human frailty damned Ed Muskie there in 1972? There is a vitality and color to all of this that captures those who are privileged to watch...
...terrorism and protect family values," says a woman in a fuzzy purple sweater in Ankley. In general, they do not talk about how they feel about Romney at all. There is none of the teeny-bopper swooning that erupts in Obama's wake, or the easy laughter Huckabee can summon with a drawling punchline. Instead, there are spreadsheets. "When you look at them morally," says Eric Carlson, a 401(k) manager in Des Moines who is deciding between Romney and Huckabee, "they're about equal. So it really comes down to management...
...teamed up with Schnitter to convincingly beat the Fighting Illini pair of Christina Stromberg and Alejandra Meza Cuadra, 8-0. “Agnes did a great job all weekend fighting through matches against tough opponents,” assistant coach Julia Scaringe said. Nobody else was able to summon a victory on Day 2 of the event, although Rosekrans played a close match with Illinois’ Kristina Minor. After winning the first set, Rosekrans fell in the supertiebreak, 4-6, 7-5, (10-2). Schnitter gave the Fighting Illini’s freshman star Megan Fudge, currently ranked...
...been on high alert. Party chiefs had already drawn up detailed campaign plans and taken on extra staff to carry these out. Donors were tapped for extra funds. Politicians pounded the streets peddling their policies as their constituents mulled over the options. All that remained was for Brown to summon an official limo to take the short drive from Downing Street to Buckingham Palace where he would ask the Queen to dissolve parliament. He was expected to do so on Oct. 9 to set up an election...
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently said at the U.N. that "to address the worst of poverty, we urgently need to summon up the best efforts of humanity." He called for "the greatest coalition of conscience in pursuit of the greatest of causes." Fourteen world leaders, including President Bush, and 20 major companies joined his call that day. Americans from all parts of our society already have their shoulders to the great global effort to end extreme poverty, and multitudes more are ready to join...