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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Under Cambridge's complex proportional representation system, voters rank candidates in order of preference. If a voter's first-choice candidate is eliminated or collects a surplus of votes, the second-choice vote counts...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: CCA Dominates School Board; S. Africa Referendum Passes | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

...management and organization" skills to administer the new department, which will have 17,000 employees and a budget of $14.2 billion. Her admirers do not share Pell's concern. Said Occidental Executive Vice President Robert Bovinette: "She puts things eloquently, and she has the ability to quickly penetrate complex problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter's Choice | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...caveat: merely knowing the names does not guarantee access to the doctors, even by telephone. Those listed are all superspecialists who usually handle only the most complex cases; they often accept only patients who are referred by another physician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Best M.D.s? | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...what of the accusation made by many that it is hard to believe that a theory so complex, so elusive, could conceivably reflect the simplicity of nature? For this Glashow harbors no tolerance. "It's not complicated at all once you've been working with it for a while. Its beauty is its incredible simplicity." He drops his feet back on the floor, stokes his cigar, and begins to rock, Albert Einstein staring down over one shoulder, his charmed quark hovering over the other...

Author: By James Aisenberg, | Title: An Invitation To Stockholm | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

Timilty, on the other hand, has not proven that he could manage the complex issues City Hall must face. His record in the state senate--although strong on aid to the handicapped elderly--is mediocre overall. President Carter gave Timilty the chance to be a star when he named him chairman of the National Commission on Neighborhoods. But Timilty failed miserably. The Commission made no concrete recommendations, and Timilty drove away half of the Commission's members in the process. He has spent most of the campaign accusing White of mismanagement, neglecting to present his own coherent vision. If Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Same Mayor | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

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