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Although complete results of last Tuesday's race for the Cambridge City Council will not be know until sometime today, as of Saturday night two candidates endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) and three incumbents had gained the quota necessary to win seats...
Under the Proportional Representation (PR) system of voting results for Cambridge elections will not be determined for about a week. Proportional Representation is a complicated system whereby voters list their choices in order of preference and candidates are elected by getting a certain quota of number one votes or redistributed surplus votes from weak or strong candidates...
...would institute an excess profits tax on windtall profits resulting from wage and price control and would also increase the tax on millionaires." McGovern added and referred to the oil import quota as "Robin Hoodism in reverse...
Inherent in these reports is the understanding that the target numbers or goals are set to measure in part the University's good faith intentions and performance toward equal employment opportunity. There is no attempt, explicit or implicit, to operate on a racially-based quota system...
...discussion, one woman alleged that the Business School has one quota for all minorities. This means if the Business school admits more blacks, it admits fewer women...