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...full independence. Part of the IRA goes back to war; Damien, rather surprisingly among them, but with Teddy, even more surprisingly, donning the uniform of the Free State. If you guess, at this point, that the film is heading for a brother-against-brother tragedy, you would not be wrong...
...While China's leaders are committed to the Basic Law, they seem in no hurry to embrace direct elections. "They're anxious about moving too fast," says Anson Chan. "They're worried that there will be implications for stability; that Hong Kong will become a welfare state; that the wrong people will get elected." Most of Hong Kong's top business leaders have traditionally been lukewarm toward full democracy, too, fearing that it could lead to populist policies that would undermine both the economy and, perhaps, their influence...
...eligible voters vote in presidential elections? America is plagued by a culture of futility—many people simply don’t believe that their vote actually counts, that their vote can really make a difference. While I’d like to believe that they are wrong, the inequalities of the Electoral College would suggest otherwise. It actively discourages voters in both the majority and minority because voters in over half of the country know well before going to the polls who is going to win their state...
...Sometimes,” he says, “I got it wrong. There was one time we were talking about how much Christmas lights waste when they’re on and I got it wrong by a factor of two, and I had to admit and apologize for that...
...Bonnie Jones Jackson, who was in charge of billing for the department, said she was sent twice a week to pick up checks from the mail drop. At first she did what she was told without asking questions. But gradually it began to occur to her that something was wrong. "We were our own little business," says Jackson. "We used to joke that all you had to do with a federal tax ID number was to think up a name, and then you could collect as much money as you wanted." Jackson also recalls seeing one of the people...