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...Constitutionally, elections really are a state affair. Do we really want to mess with that? Leave the Electoral College in place, as a mild equalizer and a needed firewall, and let the system renew itself the way it always has: out of naked political fear...
From this vantage point, there is something to be said for the election process that sacrifices its more democratic qualities for a safeguard that thwarts such dishonesty and manipulation. The former Student Advisory Council (SAC) at the Institute of Politics (IOP), for example, used to renew its leadership with a private internal process. When the IOP conceived of the selection process some 30 years ago, the institute hoped that such a system would establish a spirit that would perpetually replenish the SAC's leadership with charismatic and visionary students. Who better to identify the undergraduates best fit to take...
Allan E. Powell, the Coop did not to renew its lease from Bay Bank, which owned the building four years ago, prompting the store's move to 1400 Mass. Ave, the address where it currently stands...
Despite many efforts on the Coop's part to renew the lease, Powell said that the Bank encouraged them...
...adopted country, since spouses of Costa Ricans are automatically entitled to be residents. For Americans without that advantage, retiring in Costa Rica can be somewhat more complicated. A foreign-born retiree who wants to live in Costa Rica part time can obtain a 90-day visa and renew it by leaving the country for at least 72 hours, then re-entering. For full-time residency, retirees must demonstrate monthly incomes of at least $600 and labor through a pile of paperwork. For a modest fee, the Association of Residents of Costa Rica helps newcomers navigate the red tape...