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...unfortunate result of such planned encores is that bad groups often give encores regardless of mediocre audience response. In some cases, groups whose performances merit more than one encore will give only one, conveniently turning up house lighting to quell audience members mid-clap. How better to tell you fans "Sorry, but we only expected one encore. We didn't plan anything else...
...Court judges and prevents either side from being satisfied. When court appeals and amicae briefs are the most important locus for lawmaking, the initiative system has been hopelessly debased. Lacking in legislative finesse, ineffective propositions lead voters to despair and stop voting, or, more wisely, vote "no" on bills regardless of their content. Then, the status quo is safe--and any chance for reform is on the ropes...
...This meet will be closer than most people think," said co-captain Dave Schwartz. "Princeton is swimming really well this season. In the past five or six years there has not been an Easterns expected to be this close. Regardless, we have some outstanding swimmers and we can and should win this year...
...know how this loss is going to affect our chances [in the NCAA Tournament]. I don't think we deserve a 16th seed, but we have no one to blame but ourselves if we get it. The lesson you learn is you have to prepare much better, regardless of the set of circumstances...
LONDON: The biggest family business in the world just became an equal opportunity employer. Queen Elizabeth II agreed Friday that the British throne should pass to the eldest child, regardless of sex -- sweeping aside the millenia-old tradition of primogeniture, in which sons always get first claim on the crown. Princes Charles and William can breath easy, because this makes no change to the line of succession -- they're both firstborn anyway. What this does do, however, is slap a huge royal seal on efforts to modernise the monarchy in the wake of Diana's death...