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...party agents conducting voter registration drives were required to submit an oath saying they would follow all election laws and were only permitted to have a limited number of voter registration forms in their possession at a time. Rosenfeld said the law was vague enough that local registrars could interpret it as they chose. In conducting their registration drives, the Student PIRGs sought to receive leniency regarding the requirements by developing relationships with registrars. Rosenfeld said the strategy worked, citing figures placing voter turnout for students from the New Mexico campuses at 3.8 percent, a number similar to the national...
...Kennedy School of Government from Caracas, Venezuela, said the election results might signal “a momentum shift,” since the Venezuelan president has been enjoying “victory after victory” since he was elected in 1998. He also said some could interpret the defeat as proof that the Venezuelan government is indeed a democracy. “If somebody can turn a defeat such as this into a success, it’s him,” Ortega said of Chavez. But Harvard economist Ricardo Hausmann said he did not think the results...
...problem isn't what he's saying, it's that he's made such a reputation for being defiant and provocative that many people will interpret this as him baiting the projects as he did in 2005," says Dominque Reynié, a political analyst and professor at the Foundation of Political Science in Paris. "No one has any sympathy for the thugs behind these riots, but Sarkozy might have been wiser to show his support of the police in a lower-profile manner. Whether it's fair to do so or not, were rioting to break out again now, lots...
...found your cover story on birth order fascinating [Oct. 29]. For many years, I have attempted to interpret myriad human actions through the filter of birth order. Although I understand a theory is far from a catchall answer to psychological mysteries, I believe this one explains a large part of our behavior. Thank you for publishing the latest research. Kathryn Bridges Pulliam, MOBILE...
Sibling Science I found your cover story on birth order fascinating [Nov. 12]. For years, I have attempted to interpret myriad human actions through the filter of birth order. Although I understand a theory is far from a catchall answer to psychological mysteries, I believe this one explains a large part of our behavior. Thank you for publishing the latest research. Kathryn Bridges Pulliam, Mobile, Alabama...