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...Arroyo says she is sacrificing her political career for the public good. But by renouncing the leverage of incumbency, she may have turned herself into a lame duck. She has also exposed her country to an unusually drawn-out presidential race, raising the likelihood that little will get done. "She should have made this announcement right after she assumed office two years ago," groused veteran Senator Aquilino Pimentel. "She could have mobilized public support she needed at a crucial stage of her administration...
...likelihood seems low that an officer would be elected who had articulated his or her opposition to the organization’s basic purposes,” he wrote...
...maybe a district, count? How much freedom does he have to change school zones within districts, bus students to less crowded schools and implement double shifts and year-round schools. He will end up exploring every possible solution to this measure. He needs to because it will in all likelihood define his second term. Boy, Tampa sure can be nice this time of year...
Daniel S. Benjamin ’83, co-author of The Age of Sacred Terror, which focuses on the threats of religious fanaticism, said that given the wealth of information available and the numerous indications of the likelihood of such an attack, the U.S. government and the American public should not have been caught unawares...
...voting results as broken down by town show that there is, in fact, a very significant overlap in districts which passed Question 4/5/6 and towns which did not pass Question 3, often with similarly wide margins. The lesson is as blatant as it is worrisome: in all likelihood, voters in many communities read Question 3, were convinced by its subjective presentation to check off “no,” then moved three or two or even one step down to the local measure and were just as convinced by its wording to vote...