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...meet him"? "He didn't say the whole fraternity; just the guys from his floor, and it's only for a weekend"? Strong candidates. But for terror at its primal level, there is nothing quite like "There's a blizzard in Chicago; they've just closed O'Hare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Worst-Case Scenario PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

...family dog bark when Alex breaks into the Gallagher house? Why can't Dan hear the final struggle a floor above him, and why does the bathroom tile floor leak water?) The threat to Ellen's pet rabbit can be smelled three reels away from payoff; that hare is high. Lyne's visual style, with its grab bag of slick thrills and cheap tricks, is clever but unoriginal -- hack chic. And you needn't be a critic to get restless during the longueurs of the film's first hour. Just listen to the crowd. Until Fatal Attraction removes its mask...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Killer! Fatal Attraction strikes gold as a parable of sexual guilt | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

Because there were many viable candidates in this year's field, none received enough first-choice votes to reach the "quota" of 3215 required for election. Under the Hare system of proportional representation, candidates with the smallest vote totals are repeatedly retired from the race, and their ballots are redistributed to the remaining candidates according to voters' orders of preference...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: CCA, Independents to Share Power on School Committee | 11/10/1987 | See Source »

Cleary: "Ugh. That makes it twice as tough. Oh, boy, it does terrible things to the hair line. Which reminds me of a joke. What do you call a bunch of rabbits walking backward? A receding hare line...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: The Burdens of a Tough Job | 11/7/1987 | See Source »

Cambridge uses the Hare proportional representation system, a method touted by John Stuart Mill as a means of enlarging "the marketplace of ideas" by ensuring minority representation...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Campaign Workers Lure Voters | 11/4/1987 | See Source »

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