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...other voters who share the same interests, whether they are of the same race or not. Voters should be able to from "self-identified, voluntary constituencies that choose to combine because of like minds, not like bodies." Guinier advertises that cumulative voting will even encourage cross-racial coalitions and lessen racial polarization in politics. Under her reformed system," [n]o one is locked into a minority identity," she writes. "Nor is anyone necessarily isolated by the identity they choose...
...fact, Mrs. Walter and board members agreedthat because the fan noise still falls within thelimits of Cambridge noise ordinances, the Waltershave no legal recourse to lessen the noise output...
Nathans said the change was made in an effort to reduce the cost of paper and photocopying and to lessen the number of trees Harvard uses in paper production...
...objective, Nathans said, is to reduce the cost of paper and photocopying and to lessen the number of trees Harvard uses in paper production...
...circumstances become the final stage of the agreement and the PLO should make it clear that they have not abandoned the claim to an independent state. If the PLO can obtain from Israel a guarantee that the issue of statehood will remain open to negotiation, it might perhaps lessen opposition to the accord...