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Liss went back inside to talk to an election official. And another, and another. He was told he must have overlooked the Senate race on the electronic touch-screen voting machine. But Liss, a lawyer, finally persuaded a technician to check the apparatus. Sure enough, it wasn't displaying the whole ballot...
...commission; it's the headquarters for the government-controlled media operation of a one-party state, an odd project for a man committed to ideas like spontaneous connection and untrammeled movement. Koolhaas has been criticized for cozying up to one of the most noxious departments of the Beijing power apparatus. In his defense, he insists that China is evolving into a freer society. "The Chinese are putting in place the legal and political infrastructure that will enable them to manage their transitions," he says. "We did not go ahead before we established in our own minds that the conditions...
Alexis de Tocqueville noticed this, I think (without the help of a polling apparatus), during his 1830 trip to America. He writes that democratic nations like America “have neither leisure nor taste to think out new opinions. Even when they are doubtful about accepted ideas they stick to them because it would take too much time to examine and change them. They hold to them not because they are certain but because they are accepted...
...hand and machine tools of the Shipfitter's shop in laying out and making sheet metal work; bend, repair and fit pipes and tubing used on board. Operate fire extinguishers, rescue breathing apparatus. Know location of all bottoms, tanks, ports, hatches, watertight doors, and damage control and safety procedure applicable to these. Understand characteristics of all metals used on board and safety precautions for forge, welding and soldering...
Humanities faculty also have qualms about extending the current non-concentration advising apparatus, says Peter Machinist, the acting head tutor for near eastern languages and civilizations...