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...Cambridge City Council elected Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 mayor at its inaugural meeting on Monday, returning him to an office that he previously held for two terms in the 1990s.After taking the oath of office before the packed chamber, Reeves extolled his fellow council members and the city of Cambridge in a statement in which he promised to “stand up, speak up, and be brief.”“Any one of us could be the mayor; every two years we change the mayor. It is an odd process. I promise...
...tend to think democracies come truly alive only when we elect or throw out a President or Congressman or Senator. But the truth is that sometimes the democratic spirit is more vibrant in the intervals. Democracy is rooted in the impertinent belief that our rulers are no better than we are and that they are answerable always. We're occasionally amazed to discover that people who are used to power forget that. That's why, every now and again, we have to remind them. In that sense, 2005 was a great year for democracy. Because it was reborn this time...
...According to UC President-elect John S. Haddock ’07, the incoming and outgoing council leadership felt it was too soon to vote on the proposed amendment...
...Brown writes in an e-mail. “I wish we had won right away. But this makes it more interesting. I am sure that in January we will win again, and we’ll become the first country in South America to elect a woman to the presidency...
After a year of laying the groundwork for a growing organization, the elephants of Harvard are charging forward with a new executive board. The Harvard Republican Club (HRC) elected Stephen E. Dewey ’07 as its new president at its annual elections last Wednesday night. Dewey will be accompanied on the board by Vice President-elect John M. Souther ’07 and Secretary-elect Craig R. “C.R.” Sinock II ’07, among others. The new board, Dewey said this weekend, will take a bottoms-up approach to leadership...