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The point, stresses Adams, is that drivers who feel safe may actually increase the risk that they pose to other drivers, bicyclists, pedestrians and their own passengers (while an average of 80% of drivers buckle up, only 68% of their rear-seat passengers do). And risk compensation is hardly confined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hidden Danger of Seat Belts | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

But as much of an improvement as fusion voting will be, there is a better alternative: instant-runoff voting (which is also known as ranked choice voting, Hare-Clark proportional voting, and several other names). A more radical electoral change than fusion voting, instant-runoff voting (IRV) will enable voters...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: One Candidate, Many Parties | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

Our Spirit too does not lend itself to summary. To say that America is a very religious country is both true and unhelpful without a concordance. Researchers at Baylor University identified the different Gods we envision and the worldviews they invite. Whether you see an attentive Father or a distant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An In-Depth View of America by the Numbers | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

It's also a chance, the officials agree, for Panama's ruling class to shed its notorious reputation for brazen malfeasance by managing the new canal wealth responsibly and finally doing right by the 40% of Panamanians living in poverty. The country's GDP per capita is $4,318, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Engineering: New Path to Progress | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

"The redistribution of wealth to the poor has been the fundamental factor in explaining why Lula is ahead in the polls," says Carlos Ranulfo de Melo, a professor of politics and author of two books on Brazil's political parties. "There is more money around and it is reaching more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Lula Will Win | 9/28/2006 | See Source »

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