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...watershed. Elizabeth would never try to touch people on the primal level Diana reached, but she recognized times had changed. No one expects an instinctively conservative woman in her seventies to overhaul radically her job of 50 years, which leaves those who want to reform or abolish it in an awkward fix. The Jubilee has prompted various suggestions for change: among them, that she should retire and that a system for picking an elected president be devised. But the republicans have no real leverage. For all its vicissitudes, the monarchy remains shockingly popular-70% prefer it over a republic...
...There is some evidence that Wall Street pros earn their money - in the Wall Street Journal's "Dartboard" feature, which announced its retirement last month after 14 years pitting dart-chucking staffers against investment advisers, the dartboard won only 55 of 142 contests.) Another way might be simply to abolish the "buy," "hold" and "sell" ratings, letting analysts stick to analyzing. Instead they're doing their regulatory thing, trying to get the investment bankers listening to the analysts again, instead of the other way around...
Just last week, Levin met with a Justice Department official to discuss whether jointly agreeing with other schools to abolish early admissions would violate antitrust laws that prohibit colleges from collaborating on admissions procedures...
Including third party (or fourth or fifth party) candidates in the debates may just shock the mainstream parties out of their complacency. The first step is to abolish the CPD and put an independently-controlled, nonpartisan FEC in charge of presidential debates. To those who object to having more than two people in a debate, the 2000 Republican presidential primary debates are a good example of multiple candidates having vigorous debates...
Quadir said he will remain committed to this cause, although he said he does not expect to fully abolish anti-Islamic sentiment on campus...