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Once reserved for a necessary but ultimately boring civic duty, Election Day could become one of the nation?s most exhilarating holidays. If so, trace it back to today, when former Presidents Carter and Ford delivered a long-awaited report on Election 2000 and how to make future elections run more smoothly. Their recommendations range from the mundane (re-evaluate the efficacy of punch-card ballots) to the nebulous (enforce civil rights statutes) to the vaguely diverting (make Election Day a federal holiday...
...simple, really. The current administration needs to sit down, take a good hard look at the Carter-Ford recommendations, and then, in public policy terms, "implement" (i.e. ignore) those suggestions while slowly introducing their own, fail-safe incentives. That way, everyone?s happy: The voters, who?ve gained a dollar/a soda/a houseguest; the politicians, who enjoy a newfound rush of popularity; and, of course, the ever-present spirit of our founding fathers, who will look down on us and smile at what we?ve managed to accomplish...
...July 2], and spying software is now being used by parents to track the activities of their young children surfing the Net. This can be a boon to concerned and vigilant parents who wish to keep the predators and pornographers who lurk in cyberspace away from their kids. SAUL CARTER Modesto, Calif...
...after she had been in New York City for almost 10 years, the Mississippi woman known as Cassandra Wilson made a recording titled Blue Skies and set herself ahead of all other jazz singers, except for the longtime giants Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Betty Carter. With a sensuality too purely adult and far too lyrical to be confused with either the mush or the vulgarity that defines too much popular singing, Wilson remakes standard songs as though none of the lessons laid down by the greats have been lost...
...ARBOR, Mich.—Carter Professor of Business Administration Robert J. Dolan packed up his office earlier this week after more than 20 years of teaching at the Harvard Business School (HBS), and headed for the midwest, where he will become dean of the University of Michigan’s Business School...