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Indeed, the evidence at the scene testified to that sentiment—the event’s venue had only paper recycling bins, and as a result, over 100 unused plastic cups from the reception preceding the conference were thrown away...
...seized by armed guards, Lage’s father boarded one of the “freedom flights” inaugurated by President Lyndon B. Johnson, taking him to the United States. When Lage’s grandfather tried to apply for a visa out of Cuba, he was thrown into a work camp for six years before finally receiving clearance to leave. Balmori’s grandfather had a similar experience in which he was forced to do manual labor before the communist regime would grant him a visa. At age 14, Balmori’s father was able...
...threat to the military industry complex that he wants to dismantle that his campaign headquarters in Virginia has no sign and is on the third floor of a building. He also travels with a bodyguard, Eli Israel, who emailed him from his station in Iraq and, Gravel says, was thrown in the brig for refusing to continue fighting until the Gravel campaign got him a lawyer. Israel usually makes up the entirety of his entourage. "You can pay someone $5,000 to get them rubbed out in South San Francisco," Gravel explains...
...tremendous, their students were terrific,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. “They had the place packed and rockin’ and their team fed off that and away it went.” Normally known for its intense hockey crowds where dead fish is thrown onto Harvard hockey players during lineup introductions, the Big Red basketball faithful were raucous and loud the whole way though, cheering for its home squad while jeering the Crimson players. Every time that Harvard sophomore Jeremy Lin touched the ball, for example, chants of “Air ball...
...getting close to neutralizing any advantage with organized labor that Clinton appeared to enjoy. Seven national unions, including the United Food and Commercial Workers, Unite HERE and the five-million member Change To Win coalition of unions - which includes the powerful Service Employees International and Teamsters unions - have all thrown their support behind Obama. The nods, and the tens of thousands of Ohio volunteers that come with them, could prove to be just enough to help swing the Buckeye State for Obama, and effectively sew up the nomination at the same time...