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...sole Democrat where I work. All of us are devoutly Christian and love one another. As Oregonians we were able to cast our mail-in ballots before Election Day, and since then my friends and I have quietly sought to heal the wounds inflicted by this heated campaign. We've asked one another probing questions and listened with respect and good humor to the answers. I try to avoid eye rolling, although I cannot say it has never happened. And we have kept in mind that our goals and values are the same; we just have different ideas about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

Cambridge’s city councilors, however, are elected using an oddball system called Proportional Representation. Under this plan, councilors do not represent specific areas in the city. Instead, all candidates are pitted against each other on a citywide ballot. Rather than casting a single vote, Cambridge voters rank their top nine choices, and a candidate wins a seat on the council when he or she receives “quota,” defined as one-tenth of the votes cast plus one extra vote. The system is problematic because it allowed the defeat this spring of MIT alum...

Author: By Matt Loy, | Title: A Voice For Harvard Students | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

...DVDs were a long time coming because of negotiation over the supporting cast's payment. They make up for lost time with hours of features: an hour-long making-of documentary, cast interviews, deleted scenes, bloopers, stand-up outtakes and a chat with the real-life inspiration for Kramer. The "Notes About Nothing" feature subtitles episodes with all the trivia you could want and some you don't. (The nine months between the show's conception and its airing is the same amount of time it takes for a baby to be born. Thank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: Ballad of Big Nothing | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

...usher in a reinvigorated American role. Although Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could not bring himself to mention the name of his old nemesis, he said that "recent events are likely to constitute a turning point in Middle Eastern history." Arab rulers saw reason for encouragement in the moderate cast of emerging Palestinian leaders and said Muslims were ready. As a senior Arab official put it, "If we all step up to the plate, we are in business again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Will Lead Them Now? | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

Tired of text messaging? Watch a one-minute episode of 24 instead. Fox is developing a spin-off of Kiefer Sutherland's TV drama, with a new cast and 24 one-minute shows, available only via cell-phone download...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sales By Cinema | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

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