Word: caste
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unfairness is there's 2200 people whose votes aren't being counted," said McSweeney, an employee-benefits specialist who has run for the council twice. Dennis Newman, McSweeney's attorney, said 2246 votes cast for him had been placed in the pile of "exhausted votes," rendering them ineligible for tomorrow's recount...
...proportional representation], but what it does guarantee is that small pockets of voters with specific political philosophy--minorities--can elect a candidate," he said in an interview last night. "Only those votes which are cast for the elected councillor go to electing a replacement, and that assures that that replacement will be compatible...
...intellectually and visually." In his Christmas Carol, children will find plenty to keep them beguiled: high- stepping oranges and pears, the flight of Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Future above the audience, a bountiful snowfall on the expensive seats and, at the end, Christmas trinkets distributed by the cast to lucky theatergoers...
...show is playing 85 times through Jan. 1, with as many as four shows a day. Even so, with a cast of 90 and devilishly elaborate special effects, this very Menken Christmas Carol won't break even for a few years. The producers hope to make it a holiday tradition in New York and other cities. "It's a story that has lasted 150 years," says Ockrent, "and I don't see why it shouldn't last another 150. Hopefully at the Paramount...
...show, Allen jokes easily and incessantly with cast and crew, who are effusive in their praise of him. "There are stars who have an imperial rule," says Carmen Finestra, one of the show's co-creators. "Tim has made this a great place to work." He can be fussy about scripts, but there are no shouting fits. Says co-star Richardson: "When Tim gets tired or bummed, he gets quiet and stops entertaining the crew. That's the way he keeps himself under control...