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...lower participation, although there’s likely to be a feedback loop between them,” he said. But James H. Stock, chair of the Economics department and fellow scholar of human incentive, took a slightly different tack than either Sidanius or Ambrus in his own impromptu cost-benefit analysis of the newly proposed policy. “I think an argument can be made that reduction of the quorum is likely to increase turnout,” Stock said. “Because any Faculty member who knows that quorum will be achieved will have an additional...
...months ago I passed through the central Taiwan city of Taichung and had dinner with its refreshingly down-to-earth Mayor Jason Hu, a former Foreign Minister. Later that Saturday night, Hu, sans entourage, and I took an impromptu walk in a park in a gentrified neighborhood bustling with trendy new shops and eateries. While we strolled, grown-ups came up to shake Hu's hand, embrace him and wish him well, and children jostled to have their pictures taken with him. The atmosphere was jovial - it was clear that Taichung's citizens were very fond of Hizzoner. That...
...nice impromptu moment, Stewart brought Czech actress-composer Marketa Irglova back to give the acceptance speech she didn't get to deliver for best song, from the weeny Irish film Once. It wasn't the best song - indeed, none of the five finalists deserved to be nominated in a category that has honored "Lullaby of Broadway," "The Way You Look Tonight," "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe," "Over the Rainbow," "Under the Sea," "Streets of Philadelphia" and "Theme from Shaft" - but the gesture was cool...
...number of districts, things appear to be going well for both the late Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). In some districts where the PPP appears to have won, party workers are throwing impromptu celebrations; Pakistani TV has shown people dancing in the streets and tossing confetti. And Sharif's party appears to be doing well in all urban areas, a welcome surprise for the former Prime Minister. One incumbent belonging to President Pervez Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League-Qaid (PML-Q), the winner...
While his classmates brave a frigid Cambridge February and reading-intensive sophomore tutorials, Leiby has relocated to Botswana, working at a lab and taking impromptu camping trips...