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The legislation, which is expected to be passed by the Socialist-dominated National Assembly, will replace the 27-year-old winner-take-all system in election districts. Under the old scheme, the party that won the most votes in a district took the seat in that district; the revised rules...
Realistically, however, the question is not how much the U.S. could theoretically afford to spend but how it should apportion the resources available for medicine. Those resources, though not unlimited, are enormous. After a generation of rising costs, the U.S. now spends more than $1 billion every day on health...
The judging controversies were largely rooted in the idiosyncrasies of Olympic scoring, which rewards boxing, not brawling. Under the rules, a cleanly landed jab counts as much as a knockdown blow; in three 3-min. rounds, the objective is to be effectively aggressive, not lethal. Despite a strong third round...
Among the 25 primary states, some, such as Georgia and Alabama, apportion most delegate seats on the basis of the various candidates' shares of the popular vote. In theory, Hart could win more delegates than have agreed to run under his banner, filling the empty seats after the primary. In...
A decade ago, the legal doctrine of contributory negligence might have barred such a suit because damages usually were not awarded if the victim was to blame in any way. The new rules, known as comparative negligence, allow a jury to assess the percentage of fault on each side and...