Word: powers
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BOSTON--The Harvard men's hockey team entered last night's game converting on 6.7% of its power play chances. Boston University stood at 25.5%. Therefore, the Crimson decided the best way to beat the Terriers was with the man advantage...
...disadvantage of unlimited terms is that they allow prime ministers to consolidate and potentially abuse power. The fear is that they might become dictators or tyrants. While this indeed may be a real fear in many countries, Canadians are blissfully free of such a worry. Chretien is so little self-concerned that the security around his official residence was minimal enough to allow, in 1995, for an intruder to break in. Prime Minister Chretien was left to fend for himself and his wife with a piece of Native artwork until police arrived almost ten minutes later...
...perfect sense to the industries: they make more money from books you need a license to read, movies you need a license to watch, or music you need a license to hear. And these licenses don't just represent cash sales; they also represent an additional source of market power...
...fact, the objections to a popular vote are more serious than mere mechanics. In an election segmented into districts, voter power is higher--an individual's vote matters more because it has a much greater probability of swaying an election. No national contest could, like the present election, be decided by a few hundred votes. A districted election would also force candidates to have wider geographic appeal, a factor which may have lessened in importance since the constitutional convention but is still crucial to national unity...
...compromises between the two visions, of popular and districted votes, generally create more problems than they solve. Maine and Nebraska base their electoral votes in part on smaller districts, such as Congressional districts. This move increases individual voter power, but unfortunately also gives gerrymandering an importance of presidential proportions--and such a system would become incredibly confusing to campaign in once the locale moves from Maine and Nebraska to 52-district California...