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...pick your statistics. Mine are that the U.S. leads the world by an immense margin in just about every measure of intellectual and technological achievement: Ph.D.s, patents, peer-reviewed articles, Nobel Prizes. But in the end, it's the culture, stupid. The economy follows culture, and American culture is today, as ever, uniquely suited for growth, innovation and advancement...
...court only had eight members, these razor-thin rulings would be a thing of the past. A 5-3 ruling might be more resounding—and potentially less divisive—than a single-vote margin. Alternately, a 4-4 tie would send the case back to lower courts—either to the states or the federal circuits...
...example, Alito’s ascension to the spot formerly held by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor could conceivably lead to the reversal of 5-4 precedents on affirmative action, campaign finance laws, and partial birth abortion. With eight members, the court would need a two-vote margin to establish a new precedent or overrule an existing one. By lowering the likelihood that one new justice would cause the court to reverse its precedents, an eight-member bench might increase the overall stability of the judicial system...
...with the online voting system. With Leng garnering a clear victory in each of the votes, Cullen and Geoffrey D. Kearney ’07 remained in a dead heat until this final election, when Cullen’s total finally exceeded Kearney’s by a significant margin. “The results of this election were not as close as the previous elections,” said Samita A. Mannapperuma ‘06, who is outgoing HoCo vice-chair. The HoCo declined to release the vote tallies for the final round of voting, which was administered...
...pretty pleased with it tonight.” The Crimson held a 39-22 halftime advantage that shrunk to 14 on Columbia’s first bucket of the second half, but the lead ballooned back to 24 in the second half en route to the 23-point margin of victory. Rollins had 6 points in the second frame and led all Harvard scorers with 16 for the game, while Tay chipped in 12—10 in the second half—while also handing out four assists. The fact that the team’s three leading scorers...