Word: codes
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...Americans have a Social Security number. That number or some other "voter identification code" would verify voters' identity just as picture identification currently does at most polling places. Voters can then vote online either from the comfort of their own home, or at their regular polling place using publicly provided computers. After a person has voted, a confirmation screen would pop up reading, "You voted for --; Is this correct?" followed by a "No, I want to change my vote" and a "Yes, count my vote" option...
What he looks like is a man in charge. Cheney's reputation in Washington--whether as Gerald Ford's chief of staff, a Congressman or Defense Secretary under President Bush--has always been that of the ideal lieutenant: loyal, competent and self-effacing. His Secret Service code name under Ford, "Backseat," reflected his deferential style. But Cheney is currently playing such a high-profile role for Bush that lately he has been overshadowing his boss. In the first crazy 36 hours after election night, it was Cheney, not Bush, who made the key decision to ask his old colleague James...
THINK LIKE AN AGENT. If you live in a major city and want the broadest choice of flights, many sites will let you enter a city code (such as CHI for Chicago, NYC for New York City and WAS for Washington) instead of a specific airport name. Another trick is to log in around midnight central time, when many reservations expire and are dumped back into the pool of available flights. Around Christmas, avoid Dec. 22, 23, 24, 26 and 27. If you don't mind flying on Christmas Day, you'll get the lowest rates...
...point. Flamboyance, pizzazz and showbiz skills have eclipsed policy savvy as chief prerequisites for national politics, and politicians have changed their strategies as a result. This makes perfect sense to me. Only major caffeine abuse could keep me conscious through a policy guru's lecture on the tax code, but if the same wonk dons a pair of shades and blows a sax, I'll pay a cover charge. He might even get me to vote...
...part of an ongoing decade-long debate, the committees voted on proposals to force corporations to adopt an environmental code of conduct, the Ceres principles. The ten points on the environment have been discussed by the committees since 1990, when the ACSR recommended abstention...