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...Good Company” (2004). “American Dreamz” is another comedy that focuses its plotline on American pop culture straight from the headlines. The United States President (Quaid)—a dense Texan who reads the newspaper for the first time after his re-election??is startled to discover the terrors of the world. After holing himself in his room for several weeks, his chief-of-staff (an unrecognizable Willem Defoe, “Spider-Man”) books him to be a guest judge on the most popular show...
...first-hand contact with the administration and claim credit for advocacy successes. What follows is an overflow of uninspired representatives on the other two committees who do not get what they wanted; they are stuck controlling budgets and planning social soirées. This is the system of indirect election??leaders are assigned to their posts by the UC, and not voted into them by the student body. As it stands today, indirect elections discourage sensible and thorough platforms when candidates are running. Since students do not know which committee they will eventually be on, they run campaigns...
Indeed, the authors point out that Kerry basically conceded 20 states and a total of 164 electoral votes to Bush in the 2004 election??and only 270 electoral votes are required for national victory. Winning is tough when the candidate automatically writes off half the country. Jarding and Saunders suggest Democrats might benefit from a quick refresher in basic math...
...last-minute municipal improvements. To channel money to one side in a democratic election, and then to cut off funding when the other side wins—whether motivated by genuine disgust, or by the desire to precipitate the Hamas government’s collapse and reverse the election??s outcome—sends a bad message about America’s commitment to the democratic process...
...position since 1981, serves as Cambridge’s top executive. The elected city council hires the city manager to run the day-to-day operations of local government and oversees his work.Councillor Craig A. Kelley—the only non-incumbent elected in November’s election??was the only councillor to vote against the renewal of Healy’s contract. “I don’t share a lot of the positive experiences they’ve had with the manager,” Kelley said. “People like...