Sublime

Philip E. Agre

la proportion d’abstentionnistes a fortement progressé et surtout, elle a changé de nature. D’abord, elle peut toucher désormais la majorité des membres de certains groupes sociaux, faisant qu’une « majorité sociale » devient alors « une minorité électorale » (Braconnier, Dormagen, 2006), et que les inégalités de participation se transforment en in

Bias: Show that the witness is testifying under an immunity agreement or plea bargain, has a personal relationship with someone involved in the case, or is being paid for expertise.

Any election can be the last, or at least the last in the lifetime of the person casting the vote.

But in these battles with the Governor, Moses played the popularity that was his trump card for all it was worth. In fact, so sure was he—and he was right—that Roosevelt was afraid he would resign that he began using the technique, when Roosevelt crossed him on major issues, of threatening to do so. Resignation threats begin appearing in Moses’ let

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On June 28, Werner submitted his final report on Case S.I.-19267-F, showing tax deficiencies of $1,099,944 and a penalty of $549,972. But even this was to be scaled down. After a series of further conferences between IRS officials and Wirtz, Brown & Root was ultimately required to pay a total of only $372,000. There were of course no fraud indi

The unanimous consent agreement, the key device by which Lyndon Johnson was changing the fundamental character of the Senate, was, in Doris Kearns Goodwin’s words, “a natural extension of his personality. Because he himself felt uncomfortable in larger groups and formal debate, he gradually shifted senatorial and public attention away from the floo