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MEANWHILE IN SERBIA ... Every Vote a Winner Poll-weary Serbs, whose efforts to elect a new President have been thwarted three times in the past 15 months due to low voter participation, can finally see light at the bottom of the ballot box. Parliamentarians got round the 50% turnout threshold by simply abolishing it, paving the way for a new election as early as this month...
...long nomination fight forces the eventual winner to prove he's up to the task, that he can lay out a compelling vision to voters, take a few punches and still win. In a recent analysis of presidential contests from 1960-2000, the University of Virginia's Center for Politics found that competitive primary fights did not hurt the eventual nominee's chances of winning the presidency, as long as the primaries had not been divisive. Both Kerry and Edwards have done a good job so far of not letting things get personal, and Democrats are so united in their...
...winner of the league receives an automatic bid to the tournament, while the remaining teams must fight for an at-large...
...ability of Van Valkenburgh, and the jury, to recede from the center of attention was important as they worked with finalists to refine ideas before selecting a winner. “What happened was the eight teams came in November, and we were kind of universally aghast, we were quite disappointed…the reason we had eight schemes was that there were so many different favorites among the jury,” Van Valkenburgh says...
...money rose 132%, while those of companies that posted a profit rose just 43%. Rising rates have a way of dampening speculation and should bring safety (and sanity) back into focus. So stick with blue chips that pay a dividend. The Dodge & Cox Stock Fund is a long-run winner. And let the Fed worry about politics...