Word: nonpartisan
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...process—a “nonpartisan runoff”—is one of the quirks of the Boston political system. Only two candidates are allowed to run on Nov. 6, so the pool is narrowed in an earlier election...
According to the U.S. News website, the schools are ranked by “indicators of academic quality” and a “nonpartisan view of what matters in an education.” The schools are each given scores determined by academic reputation (25 percent), student selectivity (15 percent), faculty resources (20 percent), graduation and retention rate (20 percent), financial resources (10 percent), alumni giving (5 percent) and graduation rate performance (5 percent...
...nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the Kennedy-McCain bill would raise premiums by about $100 per year. The Frist version would raise them about $60. This appears to be a largely symbolic difference, but lobbyists for HMOs insist that $40 would exclude many Americans from coverage. What are the HMOs really afraid...
...thinker and hustling entrepreneur. In his previous life, he organized rock concerts for Labour, consulted on telecommunications, wrote books and founded the respected Third Way think tank Demos. After working for Blair at Downing Street, where he helped launch programs to cut poverty and unemployment, he became an officially nonpartisan civil servant last year in charge of 63 people trying to make government work smarter. "This government is obsessed with results," he says. How will it get them? Spending more is crucial but not enough. "All politicians recognize there will have to be radical reform of the structures of public...
Nevertheless, Adams governed in a responsibly nonpartisan way. One great issue was France, which was interfering with American shipping. The Republicans, admirers of the French Revolution, advocated peace; the Federalists, spurred by Alexander Hamilton and Washington, spoiled for war. Adams defied his party, conducted a delicate diplomacy with Paris and ended up averting both war and the rise of the ambitious Hamilton as a military leader...