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...outstanding players to ever play the game. His decade in the majors was a portrait of excellence: a World Series, an MVP trophy, the Rookie of the Year Award (since named the Jackie Robinson Award), a six-time All-Star and, finally, a Hall-of-Famer on the first ballot. How should baseball remember a man who was more than a pioneer, one who was a truly talented player...
...coalition is apparently heartened rather than daunted by the fate of two propositions to regulate HMOs that appeared on last November's ballot. Both lost but drew about 40% of the vote--even though supporters of one measure were outspent nearly 50 to 1 by their foes. The more restrictive of the two measures, significantly, was drafted largely by the California Nurses Association. Nurses fear that HMOs want to squeeze them out of many jobs and replace them with low-paid technicians...
Phillips, a transfer student from University of California at San Diego, was elected by secret ballot...
There is even the beginning of grass-roots democracy. With little fanfare or publicity, peasants in villages across China are choosing local leaders by secret ballot from a slate of candidates that may include not only Communist Party members but also individuals with no affiliation. The farmers can unseat the bums who mismanaged the local electrification project or the crooks who pocketed irrigation fees and elect the "capable people" of their choice. By 2000, all of China's more than 1 million villages will operate under the system. Some say these local elections are diluting the Communist Party's power...
...commission oversees all elections, administers the census, and is currently directing the transition to computerized ballot-counting...