Word: caste
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CREATING VIRTUAL WASHINGTON Perot has already urged national town meetings, a group in Pennsylvania is talking about voters advising Washington via an electronic Congress, and nostalgia is growing for a high-tech update of Athenian democracy or of Norman Rockwellian townspeople gathered around a cast-iron stove in rural Vermont. Virtual Washington would be a wired, cyberspatial capital in which U.S. Representatives and Senators could participate from their states or districts, while citizens, too, would have any information, debate or proceeding at their fingertips. G.O.P. presidential candidate Lamar Alexander, who talks about sending members of Congress home for six months...
Like far too many of our political debates, the argument over the Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA, as it is commonly called) has been cast in an either/or form, leaving aside the true issues. In this debate, the question has been cast as whether or not we need to move toward balancing the federal budget. The answer to that question is obviously yes. But the BBA does not help that process; in fact, it hinders our capability to make the decisions necessary to create a vibrant and prosperous economy...
...debate has taken on a generational cast, as all five student COCL members voted for recognition while all five faculty and administrators on the committee voted against. This is unfortunate, because we do not believe students stand united behind recognition of this group...
...have focused on her because she has come to Harvard before and worked with Black Cast," said Elizabeth S. Carey, student activities coordinator at the Harvard Foundation...
...shame that the show ran for only one weekend. Hopefully, Black CAST will maintain it in some form as a repertory show. It certainly merits the exploration and exposure that a future run would provide...