Word: voting
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...discourse on the Chinese system of geomancy and the notion that the arrangement of landscape and objects affects well-being. At dinner parties, I can denounce mysticism - or yogic flying or reincarnation - as shrilly as any Red Guard, and declare that Christians ought to be deprived of the vote. But I'm also capable, at the evening's conclusion, of telling my hosts that their Arne Jacobsen chairs are blocking the chi in their green-dragon corner. The fact that I'm half-Chinese always seemed to make this O.K. Sure, feng shui was nonsense, but it wasn...
Violence Mars Vote Decision...
...some political observers fear the end of that proud civilian tradition if the general is elected. Fonseka dismisses that concern, taking as his models Eisenhower and De Gaulle. If he really wanted to seize power, he asks, why give up the uniform now and "go around asking for the vote?" He says the high-handed treatment by the Rajapaksa government forced him into politics. "The government was responsible for pushing me into that," Fonseka says. "Now they have to face the music...
...CCSR on how the University ought to vote its shares. The ACSR and CCSR handle issues of social responsibility, while the Harvard Management Company—which oversees the University’s endowment—addresses proposals regarding corporate governance...
...overwhelmingly positive media coverage of Obama, conservatives will perhaps stumble upon shock jock Howard Stern’s archived radio programs from Election 2008. In one infamous episode, Stern chats with several supposedly random Obama supporters in Harlem; their ignorant hero-worship is meant to show that any vote for Obama must be based on race or charisma rather than a substantive platform. Abrasive—and methodologically flawed—as Stern’s approach is, there’s some grain of truth to his conclusions. Obama’s winsome personality can at times override...