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...such figures show, many constitutions have managed to survive only until the next upheaval or military coup. Three-quarters of the world's constitutions have been completely rewritten since they were first adopted, making America's fidelity to a single charter highly unusual. Some experts contend that frequent constitutional changes can be healthy. Says Albert Blaustein, a Rutgers University law professor who has helped draft six foreign charters: "Jefferson concluded that every 20 years the new generation should have its own constitution to meet current needs. That might not be a good idea for the U.S., but it's really...
...with memories of Mussolini still fresh in their minds, went even further than the Germans in reining in the executive branch. While this has guarded against a new outbreak of tyranny, the inability of any one of Italy's parties to win a majority in parliament has led to frequent political turnover: Italy has had 46 governments since...
Perhaps the major issue in the campaign was Thatcher's dream of a more prosperous, more assertive Britain in contrast to Labor's view of a country in crisis. It was Labor, however, that had presided over many of the country's frequent economic crises in the 1960s and '70s. By the time Thatcher arrived in 1979, Britain was saddled with a costly welfare state in which labor- management relations were mired in class conflict and industry was aging and inefficient. Since then, Thatcher has transformed Britain more dramatically than any Prime Minister since Clement Attlee, who presided over...
...being awarded free from the pressures of competitive bidding. Corruption has dogged the two primary federal set-aside programs: a Government-wide $3 billion effort run by the Small Business Administration, and the requirement that 10% of all highway funds ($1.2 billion) go to minority contractors. The most frequent problems are false-front companies, which are purportedly controlled by minorities but actually owned by whites. A federally funded 1986 study of highway set-aside programs in nine states by Abt Associates, a consulting firm, estimates that about 20% of minority contractors engage in fraudulent activities. Now the SBA is mired...
...recently purchased parcels troubles longtime tenant activist Michael H. Turk. "It's always difficult to determine to what extent HRE is engaged in property acquisitions for the sake of expanding Harvard's commercial property or as a cover for the extension of the University itself," says Turk, a frequent opponent of Harvard who lives in University-owned housing...