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...much as Harvard fans have enjoyed getting to know FleetCenter staff during idle first-period conversations in ten—count ‘em, ten—consecutive 5 p.m. Beanpot games, they’d much prefer to pack some extra Maalox and watch their boys in the nightcap...
...nominee shall have a majority of first and second choices added together, he shall be declared elected. Failing such a majority, the third choices, if there be three or more nominees, shall be added to the first and second and the nominee receiving a plurality on this count shall be declared elected. And if there be a tie, a new election shall be held unless there are more than three nominees, in which case the next series of choices shall be added, and so on successively, until a nominee receives a plurality or the number of series of choices shall...
...majority shall be more than half of the number of ballots cast, in the case of a count of first choices and more than the whole number of ballots cast, in the case of adding first and second choices, and so on, invalid ballots being in all cases excluded...
...brokerage industry's image just keeps getting worse: when the final count is in, a record 7,500-plus arbitration cases will probably have been filed in 2002 by U.S. investors who feel their money has been mishandled. A new survey by the industry's trade association shows that more than half of investors think a lack of internal controls at securities firms is a "big problem." All of which is great news for a small, privately held company called Protegent, whose software promises to prevent both bungling and perfidy by brokers and to save brokerages both money and embarrassment...
...point. How else to describe the heavily armed gunmen who staged a roadside ambush in northern Laos last week, killing at least 12 people, including two European tourists and a Chinese national? One diplomat who visited the scene told TIME the attackers clearly wanted a "maximum casualty count...