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...bewildering days after the 2000 presidential election, only one thing seemed clear: the American voting system was in need of a drastic overhaul. Across the country, elected officials promised their weary constituents new voting machines, better registration systems and anti-fraud measures - all to be put in place well before Election...
...course, Harvard is no different from the rest of the nation; less than one in five Americans between 18 and 24 voted in 1998, with numbers even lower in primary and local elections. In order to allow more people to have their voices heard, the government ought to make drastic improvements to the voting process...
After the meeting, Curry sent an e-mail to Crimson Key members, calling the proposed changes “drastic,” and saying they were “hatched without our input...
...last minute she always does. Gullible Charlie once again falls in the mud. It's much the same with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who plays Lucy to the beleaguered country's Charlie Brown. Koizumi convinced everyone during his election campaign in April 2001 that he would embark on drastic reforms "with no sacred cows." But his reforms are now mired in compromise and dealmaking, and the old bureaucracies remain firmly in charge...
...measures as a condition for its help--and hasn't been shy about turning down such requests, as it did with National and Spirit airlines last week and may soon do with United (though sources tell TIME the board has agreed to let United amend its application with more drastic cost-cutting proposals...