Word: turnouts
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland: The war is over. In what TIME London Bureau Chief Barry Hillenbrand calls "an astonishing departure" from the politics of bloodshed that has dominated Northern Ireland for three decades, people here -- with a record turnout of 81.1 percent -- have voted 71 percent in favor of the landmark peace agreement hammered out last month by eight parties and the British and Irish governments...
Every so often, the Undergraduate Council attempts to muster up some kind of campus spirit among its constituents, usually in the form of some massive event. While this year's Springfest was better than most, the turnout for most events of the "Club Loker" variety remains poor. Some council representatives try to explain the low attendance at campus-wide events by alluding to some vague intrinsic qualities of Harvard students. Not only are we far too hardworking for our own good, but we are also generally uninterested in activities involving large groups of people. Anything the council tries...
...think they'd get a worse turnout if it were somewhere else, said Nandita Ghosh '01. "But knowing that it's in the dining hall is strange...
...contested elections, only 23 percent ofHouse residents voted. First-years in their firstweeks at Harvard had a far larger turnout ofaround 53 percent...
...Random Acts of Kindness "Youwant students to be appreciative of the staff. Butdo we have to do it using $340? I'm not sosure."--Robert S. Schwartz '00, EliotCrimsonAmelia E. MorrowShort Line at the Polls? Turnout figuresfor the Undergraduate Council's representativeelections last fall...