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However, Fox said he hopes senior tutors will retain the old title internally...
Those who want to retain the Electoral College fear that direct elections could weaken the two-party system by encouraging minor party candidates and independents. Opponents also argue that big cities-and their minority groups-would lose some of their present political power. The cities now often decide how large states cast their electoral votes. In a direct vote, the cities would still have clout, but their relative power would decline. Then, too, small states and the less populated regions of the country would no longer be guaranteed a role-however minor-in determining who would live in the White...
...College administration's decision, announced this week, to retain the Quad's 1.5-to-1 male-to-female sex ratio surprised and pleased most Quad students and masters, but this gift from University Hall did little to cure the malaise that settled in after Dean Rosovsky announced the implementation of the revised Fox plan last week...
...speaks frankly, making his opinions and principles clear without mincing words. (This characteristic, of course, is in part a political tool; his candor allows him to retain his reputation for integrity and independence both with his colleagues and his constituents.) An obvious example was his reaction to Carter's "ethnic purity" gaffe during the primary campaign; while defending Carter's good intentions, Young flatly said the statement was "loaded with Hitlerian connotations" and was "a disaster for the campaign." At the very least then, one can still find Young encouraging because he stands in a position, even if only...
Darwin truly was a devotee of the old school and although the selections in every way retain their infectious appeal, it is best to relish Mostly Golf in the Pickwickian sense. One is transported into a long forgotten and a more idyllic world that belies reality. Mostly Golf conveys the indian summer tranquillity of Victorian England before the First otherwise sleepy hamlets turned out for cricket matches and the landed aristocracy played over the heath and whins of sedate seaside links...