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...democracy in America. If the majority were given the power to interpret the Constitution, which is what this proposal amounts to, the only check on the people's power to oppress the minority would be eliminated. The justices and their judgments would be rendered impotent. The justices would be mere mouthpieces. We would do well to remember Madison's admonition in Federalist No. 47: "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny...
Like his contemporary Chopin, Liszt was immeasurably better at writing for piano than for orchestra. In either of his two piano concertos, every part except the soloist's will seem like mere accompaniment. This was especially true in this performance of Liszt's second concerto, in A, where Yukiko Sekino '99, the winner of HRO's Concerto Competition, dwarfed her colleagues with her huge technique. Though her double notes left something to be desired (and whose don't?), her fearless and flawless octaves, the sine quibus non of Lisztian bravura, eradicated this quibble. A duet passage with principal cellist Steve...
Quite the contrary, it was not an economic decision that led me to trudge out into a driving rainstorm and head to the union building in Central Square last September where 1 volunteered to help get voters to the polls to support Alice Wolf. After winning with a mere 91 ballots cast during crucial last hours of polling, Representative Wolf is focusing on issues of importance to her constituents, including education and housing and economic development...
...that the structure is finally set up to actually include people from all backgrounds at all levels, we have some power to shape it and expand the meaning of politics and democracy beyond the mere act of voting so that it can play a role in the culture of collective self-definition...
...Councillor Timothy J. Toomey, who sponsored the original residency requirement, argued that a mere preference policy was not strong enough...