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Last week members of Quincy voted 157 to 110 to have the election, but the Quincy House constitution requires that 50 per cent of the house (205 of the 409 members) must concur on an issue for the vote to bind the committee. The House Committee voted to accept any decision made on Thursday if over 50 per cent of the house votes...
...Quincy constitution requires that over 50 per cent of the House (210 of 419 members) must vote the same on an issue for the decision to bind the House Committee. A resolution to change the rule for yesterday's election was voted down by the Committee last Monday...
Neither was very optimistic. "The majority of Jews feel very little securityin Russia today," Armstrong said. Distrust by the governing elite and popular identification of Jews with the Soviet Union's rulers, he said, "have caught the Jewish people in a bind...
...Quincy constitution stipulates that for a vote to bind the House Committee, over 50 per cent of the House, or 210 people, must vote the same on the issue. If under 210 House members agree, then the issue is decided by the House Committee...
...finds himself in a bind," Nicholi said of the potential dropout. "He can no longer tolerate the loneliness of his work; neither can he tolerate the competitive anxiety provoked by close contact with colleagues. He withdraws into himself. His work rapidly deteriorates. He becomes overwhelmed with guilt and despair... A paralyzing state of depression ensues and leaving college appears the only recourse that promises relief...