Word: parliamentarianism
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...Paris, a top rival, polled a paltry 18 votes?four behind the other front-runner, Toronto. French politicians immediately acted like sore losers, and pointed to the problems that have dogged China's bid from the start. "I am saddened for Paris, but ashamed for the Olympics," said centrist parliamentarian Alain Madelin, who added that China deserves a gold medal for violating human rights...
...hope that SAC will remember that student viewpoints are varied on this issue and also that this is not the 'Living Wage Committee' but the Committee on Employment Practices," said Council Parliamentarian John P. Marshall `01. "Often the best person... is someone who doesn't have a preconceived solution in mind...
Then you need a good parliamentarian the other members agree to respect and obey. As the eldest, I automatically took the role of "list mom." That may have been a mistake, considering all the snickering that went on behind my e-back: "20 bucks says that by the time Eugenie reads this, she has already sent an e-mail asking us to stop spamming...
...this week, the Senate parliamentarian informed Daschle's office that rules are rules. Daschle will be majority leader for 17 days in January and Lott will have to step aside during that time. So Daschle's staff is now scrambling to decide what it will do during the Democrats' 17-day reign. They've ruled out firing the thousands of Republican staffers that the majority gets to hire. That's not the way to start out a friendly working relationship with the other party, and Lott would just rehire the aides when he was back in harness...
Equal time was allotted to parliamentarian Justin A. Barkley '02, who spoke solely about the need for conservatism in the Undergraduate Council...