As it has turned out, Mr. Nelson has been ahead in the polls by about 8 to 10 points for months, although the spread appears to have closed of late (down to 5.5 percent according to averages compiled by RealClearPolitics from Oct. 8 to 18).
On the other, aware that our globalized little earth has come very close of late to complete financial meltdown and is still hovering near the brink, noting that there are drawbacks when mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, perhaps even glimpsing that shared institutions are essential to any society, people clamor in moments of crisis for the reviled state to step in and save them.
They haven't done well in this genre, with only the Dodge Neon coming close of late but still being far too coarse in the handling and engine departments to be considered part of this crew.
Last month, a US drone strike killed Bilal al-Berjawi, a close associate of late al-Qaida operative Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, who directed the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed more than 200 people.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a division of the World Bank led the second closing of this latest round, exceeding the expected amount of $95 million.
KPCB recently announced the closing of its latest fund KPCB 15, a US $525 million venture capital fund focusing on investments in early-stage companies.
In the gap between the closing of this latest project and the opening of the next, we're told by Sprout LA that the staff at Catch & Release have all been given the opportunity to apply for work at Rose Cafe.
We've enjoyed these kind of borderline sing-a-longs as closing tracks as of late, and somehow audiences seem to look past the potential cheese when exhaustion and euphoria are in their sights.
At the close of business late on Wednesday evening, MPs quietly changed the rules to stop this happening again.
But this was only half completed, because of the high turnout, late closing of the polls (some as late as 3am) and poor instructions to CNE auditors.
