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At street level in marginal seats, where most election campaigns are settled, incumbency is a huge advantage. The local M.P. becomes well known in the community. He or she will be ever-present in community media and associated with popular causes or the funds to pay for a bridge, say...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Incumbent Rules | 5/12/2004 | See Source »

(3 of 3) But there's another benefit to incumbency. In recent years, the role of federal M.P.s has been evolving, especially in marginal seats. They've become akin to ombudsmen - guiding constituents through the bureaucratic maze, solving problems, listening to voters' concerns, urging them to take action. The by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Incumbent Rules | 5/12/2004 | See Source »

Secondly, while the referendum may have been passed by a majority of those who voted, the harm that this increase is likely to have on those who did not support it is likely to far outweigh the benefits to those who did support it. From conversations that I have had...

Author: By Joseph R. Oliveri, | Title: An Invented Mandate | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

In establishing a new field of concentration in "Sociology and Social Ethics" the Faculty desires, as in the case of "History and Literature", to recognize an identity of subject matter that tends to be hidden by the more or less artificial barriers that separate the departments of a modern university...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PERRY WRITES ON NEW DEPARTMENT | 5/9/2004 | See Source »

That may not be enough. After all, tennis lessons have been around longer than Martina Navratilova. A website adds convenience, but "standing alone, the Tennis Welcome Center program will have marginal impact," contends Marc Ganis, president of Sportscorp Ltd. in Chicago. "What's missing is aggressive economic incentives like equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leisure: Finding Their Swings | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

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