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United Russia did obtain 37.5% of the Party List vote, but that only elects half of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the Duma. When we take into account the full vote from Dec. 7, 2003, Party List and Single Seats vote, United Russia was four seats short of majority: 49.1% Furthermore, between Dec. 7 and Dec. 30 (the inaugural session of the new Duma), no less than 54 independents and deputies of other parties joined United Russia to give it precisely 300 seats. 300 out of 450, that’s two thirds, so United Russia alone...
...were monitored from 1986 to 1998, and the women from 1980 to 1998 using questionnaires at two to four year intervals to obtain data on how much coffee was consumed...
Harvard students who have not otherwise secured tickets to Friday’s sure sellout at home against Cornell can obtain standing room tickets beginning this morning at the Murr Center ticket office...
...anything, we need new “gentlemen”—and people—who operate by genuine kindness and consideration, who obtain consent first, and are thoughtful of their partner’s feelings and enjoyment...
...have food. Do you want a place to stay?" Abdi Salan has little choice, agreeing to spend $150 for a hot meal, two nights' lodging and a jeep ride north to Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city. The Kufra smugglers convince him that there he can obtain a foreigner identity card, to avoid any trouble with the Libyan authorities. It will cost another $40, and he now has just over $1,000 left. By the time he arrives by bus at Tripoli on June 17, Europe is finally starting to feel close. He's lucky to find a group...