Word: controllable
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Cambridge has used Proportional Representation (PR) as its voting system since 1941. PR "ensures minority representation with majority control," according to the Cambridge Election Commission's Web site...
...recent years, the most important question on the Cambridge ballot has been about rent control. It's a contentious issue, and one that draws Cantabrigians to the polls...
...that the only ballot question is a 'public opinion advisory question' about the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, some political analysts worry that fewer voters passionate about rent control will turn out--meaning a potentially skewed City Council slate...
Senator McCain, as the acknowledged champion of campaign finance reform, made the most of the night to consolidate his position in second place, hammering the special-interests-control-Washington theme while at the same time burnishing his centrist credentials by affirming his tolerance for pro-choice positions within the GOP and for gay rights. Steve Forbes basked in the fact that his flat tax had become something of a conventional wisdom among Republicans, Gary Bauer tried to claim the Buchanan legacy as the choice of the blue-collar conservative, while Senator Orrin Hatch and Alan Keyes struggled to find signature...
...signaled that Moscow may be unable to keep what it considers a domestic matter from becoming an international concern. "Russian foreign policy recognizes the U.N. as the final arbiter of international justice, and a U.N. mission to assess the needs of refugees that makes it harder for Moscow to control the way the conflict is presented internationally," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "Because Chechnya is its sovereign territory, Moscow insists that there are no refugees in Chechnya, only internally displaced people...