Word: terming
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...council representatives more easily. Currently, impeachment is nearly impossible. One-third of a district must petition if it is dissatisfied with its representative. After that, turnout in the new election must exceed one-half of the district, and two-thirds of voters must wish to terminate that member's term. This is ridiculous. Make recall possible by decreasing the initial petition fraction and by decreasing the election turnout number to the percentage of the House which voted in the initial election...
...council members and other students is a good idea. Allowing more students to help organize campus-wide events like the Yale tailgate party and Springfest might help make those events more successful and lucrative. As a separate organization, the Campus Life Committee could have its own line on the term bill beneficially separating politics and social life on campus...
Rosenthal, who is Oliver professor of hygiene, will continue in his post at UHS during his term, which began Monday. He has long been an active member of the cancer society since receiving a research grant from the Massachusetts chapter in the early...
Rosenthal said the president acts as a spokesperson for the society on national and international issues. During his term, Rosenthal said, he hopes to focus his efforts on national tobacco policy and, particularly, any settlements between Congress and the tobacco industry...
...investigators suspect, may be linked to Haney's securing a highly unusual agreement committing the Federal Communications Commission to a long-term lease at the Portals. The deal came after years of squabbling in the courts and Congress. Investigators say Knight, who is a friend of FCC chairman Reed Hundt, billed the $1 million in January 1996, the same month the agreement was signed, though the check came in April. Knight is scheduled to testify this week before the House Commerce Committee about several of his lobbying efforts for clients who also donated to the Democratic Party; Haney gave more...