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...Little doubt remains about the general use of the land: graduate student housing, community housing, a new academic precinct and new commercial spaces, and likely a new museum. The question now is who will...
...Louisiana native, Brazile started her political involvement early, volunteering for local city council elections by the age of nine, and working her way up to become a precinct coordinator for the 1976 Jimmy Carter presidential campaign...
...believe I climbed every step on the political ladder, from precinct captain to field director to campaign manager," she says. "I reached my goal of making...
...world to the guy who came in second. On a smaller scale, but with huge political implications, the same thing happened in Paris last week: Socialist Bert-rand Delanoë won only 49.6% of the popular vote but picked up a majority of municipal council seats because of a precinct-based voting system roughly similar to the U.S. Electoral College. So much for the French lesson in democracy...
...provided an excellent opportunity to harp on the importance of one vote. "Your vote can turn the tide of an election!" screamed the Gore e-mail service, continually alluding to the 1960 election in which John F. Kennedy edged Richard M. Nixon with an average of one vote per precinct nationwide. People must now take the voting privilege more seriously, declared CNN and The Boston Globe...