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Free and accurate elections are the lifeblood of any mature democracy, not to mention crucial in assuring that the next president will have all the authority that a U.S. President should have. Our election system is broken. It is time to demand that our will be registered quickly, accurately and fairly. An election is not meant to be a glorified poll with marginally smaller margins of error, but an accurate and binding reflection of the will of the people. It is time to standardize and modernize our voting system in the U.S., if not for the people's sake, than...

Author: By B.j. Greenleaf, | Title: Rather Insane | 11/14/2000 | See Source »

...sense of intimacy and informality. Amid the high-pitched show-biz artifice of most TV around him, Allen seemed to dial back the medium's whole metabolic rate and get it in sync with the viewer at home. He made television part of the nation's lifeblood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV's Original Answer Man | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

...student groups are the lifeblood of the campus, and the council wants to do everything it can to facilitate that," says three-term representative Steven Chung...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff and David C. Newman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Council Faces Money Crisis as Cash Runs Low | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

...year according to council treasurer Jeffrey A. Letalien '02. Which ones do you belong to? It's all-but-inevitable that you participate in at least one of them, even if that only means deleting their e-mails once a week. These student organizations, we are told, are the lifeblood of the campus, without which Harvard would sink into anti-social mediocrity...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Funding Fiefdoms | 10/20/2000 | See Source »

...credit is hugely popular in Silicon Valley and among biotechnology and large pharmaceuticals companies. R. and D. is their lifeblood. Such companies depend on a constant flow of new drugs and gadgets. But is it right that they slough off onto taxpayers part of their R.-and-D. tab? It seems a difficult argument to support, given how much money is to be made once a new drug or technology reaches the marketplace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hooray For R. and D. | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

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