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Since most sumo stables have filled their quota, there are very few that can even consider taking on Gorgadze, no matter how bright his prospects. Wearing the traditional mawashi loincloth and taping his feet just before a recent practice, Gorgadze says, "I know I would do well if I were given a shot." If something doesn't open up soon, he says, he will be forced to return to Georgia in January when his temporary visa expires. And that will probably be the end of his dream. "I don't really understand why the rule exists," he says with...
...hired by a regional bank to help develop its Latino clientele, she felt the need to prove that her ethnicity alone did not win her the job. "You kind of feel the need to let people know I got here on my own, not out of any quota," she says. "I knew how to sell that loan to Latinos and no one else knew that and I felt comfort in that. I knew my area...
This year Galluccio only placed 390 votes more than quota. Maher received some boost, but it was too little too late. In the eighth round of balloting, Gordon’s 615 transfer votes went overwhelmingly to Kelley and Seidel...
Under Cambridge's system of proportional representation, voters rank candidates in order of preference. Once first-place votes are counted, any candidate who has reached a predetermined quota is elected, and his or her extra votes are redistributed to the next candidate listed on each ballot. Candidates with the fewest first-place votes are eliminated and their votes are also redistributed...
After first-round votes were tallied tonight, incumbent Anthony D. Galluccio, the perennial top vote-getter on the council, was the only candidate who reached the quota of about 1,600 votes needed to be elected. With all 33 precincts reported, the number of votes that each candidate received, out of a total of 15,994 votes cast...