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Proportional representation requires successful candidates to get only one tenth of the number one votes cast (approximately 2,300 votes in 1991, in a city with a population of about 93,000) to be elected to the city council. This rather small fraction of the total vote allows, and actually encourages, candidates to cultivate issues and policies that generate the limited but very staunch supporters who can deliver their number one vote for reelection. These staunch supporters come to expect absolute partisan loyalty from candidates, and this leaves no room for compromise on many policy issues. Minority policy positions...
This good news was somewhat offset by a report that the country's index of leading economic indicators rose a disappointing one-tenth of 1% in April, suggesting that no boom is in the offing. The 11 indicators, which include data on consumer expectations and plant and equipment orders, had dropped dramatically the month before...
Four police department employees, interviewed on condition of anonymity, speculated yesterday that Johnson might not return to his job. In the past, the chief had told associates he would retire at the end of this year, when he completes his tenth year...
Hamilton's team of five cyclists also took home second prize in yesterday's men's team trials, placing behind the University of California-Santa Barbara. Stanford and Cornell placed sixth and seventh, while MIT finished tenth...
Harvard mounted another comeback in the bottom of the tenth, but came up short. Freshman Mark Levy scored on a double and two wild pitches, but senior Juan Zarate and Captain Mike Hill struck out to end the game, the season and their collegiate careers...