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Under Cambridge’s Plan E form of government, voters rank City Council candidates in order of preference. Any candidate who wins over one-tenth of all first-place votes is immediately elected to the council, while candidates with the fewest number of first-place votes are eliminated from the race. The surplus votes of the winners, along with the votes of the eliminated candidates, are then transferred to the next candidates listed on the ballots. This process of redistributing votes continues until all nine seats are filled...
...one of 18 candidates running in next Tuesday’s election, and, as a political newcomer, he faces stiff odds—the race includes all nine incumbents. Green acknowledges the challenge ahead but says he still expects to win. “The fact of the matter is we’re not trying to get everybody in Cambridge to vote for us,” he says. “That’s not the way these elections work.” Under Cambridge’s electoral system, Green needs only one-tenth...
...available to most employees. Even then, the idea was to encourage saving and provide a tax shelter, not to substitute the plans for pensions. By 1985, assets in 401(k)s had risen to $91 billion, as more companies adopted plans. Still, the amount was only about one-tenth that in guaranteed pensions...
...SUVs and pickups won't guzzle quite so much fuel. GM says its 2007 full-size models will get 9% better mileage. The 2006 Ford Explorer boosts mileage 10%, thanks to improvements like a six-speed transmission. Chrysler is reducing the electrical demand of the rear defroster, gaining one-tenth of an m.p.g. Little things like that won't erase our energy woes, but they're a start...
...space program had been in decline for years, hobbled by a habit of following the U.S.'s lead and by domestic regulatory barriers that bar programs with potential military applications. Between 1999 and 2004, the space program's budget had fallen nearly 30% to $1.8 billion, roughly one-tenth of NASA's annual budget. Despite having the world's second-largest economy, Japan has focused mainly on scientific research and telecommunications projects...