Word: processes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vote TWICE on an obviously close vote and then proceeded to escalate a shouting match between himself and a member of the Council. I've been since told that a personal animosity exists between Beroutsos and Mandery; if so, it shouldn't be allowed to effect the decision-making process of the Council. Granted, Beroutsos was out of line by losing his cool and resorting to vulgarities aimed at other Council members, but someone did need to challenge Mandery's obvious abuse of power. I don't know either Mandery or Beroutsos, nor do I know the true motives behind...
...doesn't a guy who can make you feel good about the electoral process ever get a shot at the big time? If the Reagan years proved anything, it's that a person doesn't need intelligence or experience to run this country. Florenzo DiDonato is just an average Joe who would make a fine President, but he's denied his American birthright by a system that has grown wildly out of proportion to the needs of the nation...
...concept that anyone can become President. People like DiDonato should have as much chance as an Al Gore or a Mike Dukakis. There's a perfect solution--one that would give the common people a chance to influence the system which governs them, that would open up the political process, and that would finally give us a President who could lead this country without first requiring that he sell his soul to the PACs, pollsters and TV ad executives...
Imagine the possibilities. No more would we have to suffer through hopelessly boring special reports on each state's primary. A lottery would inject the suspense and the excitement back into the process. Will the new President be Black or white, male or female, Jewish or Indian, rich or poor, intelligent or stupid? There would be no way to know, and this would make the system truly democratic...
Piret calls the tutoring experience "a learning process for everybody." Like Clemons, she says she tries to talk a lot with the tutors so that they feel as if they are contributing something to the classroom...