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Aberdeen's Wallace Attempts World Record by Rowing Across the Atlantic

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Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. is supporting an eight-strong team in its attempt to row across the Atlantic Ocean commencing Feb. 15th, includes Aberdeen's own Toby Wallace, based in Philadelphia. (PRNewsFoto/Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.) 3 Feb 2012 14:05 Africa/Lagos Aberdeen's Wallace Attempts World Record by Rowing Across the Atlantic PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. ("Aberdeen") is supporting an eight-strong team in its attempt to row across the Atlantic Ocean commencing Feb. 15th, weather permitting. The eight comprise one of the most experienced ocean rowing crews ever assembled and includes Aberdeen's own Toby Wallace, based in Philadelphia. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120203/PH47073) Toby is a senior relationship manager and has worked for Aberdeen for almost 12 years. When his 6'7'' frame isn't towering over his desk or coaching the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta Corporate Challenge T...

ENPR: Pa. Win Gives Hillary a Super-Delegate Wedge Outlook

ENPR: Pa. Win Gives Hillary a Super-Delegate Wedge Outlook by Robert Novak and Timothy P. Carney Posted: 04/23/2008 Outlook Despite her impressive win in Pennsylvania, Sen. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) still faces a very difficult path to the nomination. It is impossible for her to win more elected delegates than Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.). It is possible that she could yet win a majority of the composite popular primary vote, but probably not without tallying the outlawed Michigan and Florida votes. Clinton's more feasible path—though very difficult—is to convince the super-delegates, by winning the remaining primaries, that she has the momentum. The two most important future primaries are North Carolina and Indiana May 6, but North Carolina looks nearly impossible, considering that half of the state's 2.5 million registered voters are African-Americans. That leaves Clinton with the hope that super-delegates will see Obama as a loser against Sen. John McCain (Ariz.). The attacks by he...