Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...council is employing the hare proportional voting scheme. Proportional representation allows citizens to rank their choice of candidates and then redistributes votes from the last place candidate, who is mathematically eliminated from the race, to the voter's next-preferred choice...
...could have special interest groups like an all-powerful conservative Peninsula contingent, a "Keep Cabot Library Open 24 Hours" lobby or a "F**k Randomization" Political Action Committee. Of course, there is a problem with this devilish scheme. The candidates do not have to spend very much money under the current system, so they are not in need of outside contributions. We can take care of this, too. Why not make the candidates pay for window space in the Yard? Those four lucky guys in Holworthy East could make a killing by charging, say, $100 per window. The residents...
...over the last six months. The copies the students turned out were so successful that local bars and businesses at first accepted them without question. They were finally detected in a bar last May and traced to a copier in the printing office of Columbia's Journalism school. The scheme ultimately began to unravel when Secret Service agents caught a man spending some of the phony bills and persuaded him to cooperate. Court documents show that the four-man forgery ring was not satisfied with the small time and was about to expand its operations to Chicago and Washington...
...than Clinton's modest, targeted cuts. They had long discussions about how best to describe the plan, as they did not want to sell it unwittingly. They honed a line that, according to their polls, sank the popularity of Dole's plan from 65% to 17%: "A risky tax scheme that will balloon the deficit and raise taxes on 9 million working families." Since Dole's plan reduced the earned-income tax credit for low-income families, the consultants could turn his tax cut into a tax increase. The slogan pushed every negative button. "It took his plan...
...game, was not something that one could expect the defense to accomplish, as Harvard will likely never again see a 6'3" point guard with the moves that Richards has. Also, when captain Dave Demian left early in the first half with a twisted ankle, the Crimson's defensive scheme was hurt, as Demian and Scott usually rotate guarding their opponent's best backcourt player...