Word: processing
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...spend millions on political campaigns but refuse to invest in modern, voter-friendly universal ballot machines? In 2001 the President and Congress should immediately address the voting process so that a tainted election can never happen again. Spending money to implement a proper nationwide voting system is much more important than wasting billions of dollars on an unworkable missile-defense system. PAUL L. WHITELEY SR. Louisville...
Finally the fallacy of American democracy has been unmasked, revealing to the whole world that the government "of the people, by the people and for the people" is sheer baloney. In the next U.S. presidential election, the world community should send observers to make sure the whole process takes place without any irregularities. Brazil should cash in and export thousands of its electronic ballot boxes to teach Uncle Sam how to count votes. MARCILIO AFONSO Recife, Brazil...
Mexico's new president, Vicente Fox, overcame his country's long-ruling P.R.I. government through a peaceful, democratic process and, more important, proved that the selfish interests of an entrenched nobility will never triumph over the will of the people. BARAK LURIE Los Angeles...
...often poorer on their departure. Japanese companies lost a bundle in the early 1990s, as did a series of French and Italian ventures. But this wave of German companies isn't buying just studios, as Sony did. These companies are buying production teams and burrowing into the production process. "Each company is pursuing a different strategy involving a complex mix of production and distribution elements," says Stephan Seip, media analyst at Merrill Lynch. Some of those strategies have a fantasy feel--for $65 million, you too can be a movie mogul and rub shoulders with the stars. But others...
...revolts in the parliament and within his own party, Israel's Prime Minister announced his resignation Saturday night, only 17 months into his term. Israelis will have to choose a new Prime Minister in two months--a vote that will have major repercussions on chances for resurrecting the peace process with the Palestinians...