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When former Sen. David H. Pryor became the director of the Institute of Politics (IOP) in August 2000, he found it “odd” that an institution encouraging political pursuits did not elect its student leaders...
...thought Argentina, with its five Presidents in two weeks, was confusing. Because of a quirk in New Jersey's constitution, that state will have four Governors in nine days this month. Governor Donald DiFrancesco will step down on Jan. 8, when the new legislature is sworn in. But Governor-elect Jim McGreevey will not take office until Jan. 15. State law decrees that in the interim the post must be filled by the senate president. But because the senate is evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, the leader of each party will run the state for three days...
Davis said that she thought it was important that the council elect a leader on the first day. In the past several mayoral elections, the council has spent months in deadlock over the selection, with contentious, divisive battles marking the process. In 2000, Galluccio was only elected early in the morning on Feb. 15, six weeks after the council’s voting for mayor began...
...television commercials hawking hard alcohol. NBC's choice, the moral authorities among us believe, is a terrible and inevitable symptom of our decaying societal fabric. "The decision by NBC to accept advertising for liquor is shockingly irresponsible and should be reversed immediately," says Dr. J. Edward Hill, chair-elect of the American Medical Association. "It is obvious the network is putting its desire for profit far above the health of our nation - especially young people, who develop many of their ideas and expectations about alcohol from watching...
...officer and Brian C. Grech ’03, president-elect of the HRC, said the same student signed up to run for secretary of the group under the name Philip A. Shaw, but that he withdrew his name on Dec. 4, the day before the elections...