Word: directing
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Gregg, who had an outstanding tournament with three goals and three assists in three games, had given the Crimson a 1-0 half-time lead with her ninth goal of the season on a direct kick...
Legislators traditionally toy with direct-election schemes after tight presidential races, such as John F. Kennedy's '40 squeaker over Richard M. Nixon in 1960. But laziness and hard lobbying by the small states that benefit from the current system have always bogged down reform efforts. A House-determined president might change some minds...
...Direct election: For years, analysts and legislators have argued that the electoral college, by taking the final decision "out of the people's hands," is an archaic, outmoded and unfair way of selecting our presidents. What they--and a number of Congressmen who have introduced legislation--suggest is the institution of a direct vote, with the candidate receiving a plurality of the popular vote being the winner. But opponents, who claim that a direct vote would work unfairly against small states, have held the edge in the debate...
...doubt you could do it," Wilson says. "Once you extend the right of democratic rule, you can't take it back. You could try to persuade people, but I'm not optimistic." Price adds that since "the whole trend of the nation for 200 years has been toward direct democracy, it'd be very hard to rationalize going back to what people would call 'smoke-filled rooms.'" But Mansfield says, "It needs to be explained to people that there's a correlation between the mediocre choices we have now, and the primary process...
Kate Gunzinger (Clayburgh), a Chicago math professor, is at a crossroads in her professional and personal life. Does she accept a more prestigious position in New York and leave her amiable goof of a lover (Charles Grodin)? Does she commit herself to a charmingly direct ex-baseball player (Michael Douglas)? Both men try to help her decide, but it's her turn. Does she go left, right or back to Square 1? Curiously, the movie sees Kate not so much at a turning point as jogging on a treadmill where you meet the nicest people. For this reason...