Mr. Romney won 80% in only one district and between 70% and 79% in 18 more.
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Why give absolute preference to teachers who have simply stayed in one district for longer?
On the streets of one district, the "Lionesses for National Defence" are in action.
Gerrymandering has made congressional elections into a farce in which only one district in seven is competitive.
In one district, 1, 800 young herders have so far been taught basic literacy, Swahili, English and maths.
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As for claims that some neighborhoods get shortchanged, Ms. Quinn said it's possible that an organization in one district provides services citywide.
One district in northern China is famous for producing artists who walk on their hands, juggle tableware and twist themselves into knots in other words, acrobats.
At the meeting, representatives from eight regions and one district debated issues and established regional coalitions for cultural diversity, in which civil society can play a greater role.
With 10 horses running in each race, it would seem that the odds of any one district running winning would be 1:10, or a 10% probability for the Wave to win.
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To see the scale, compare a city like Miami (at one extreme, with just one district covering almost all the metropolitan area) and Boston (at the other, with 70 districts within a 30-minute commute of downtown): that big an increase in choice is associated with an improvement in attainment of 1.4 grades and an increase in young adult earnings of 15%.
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Mr Davis is a Republican himself, and his plan is to add two new representatives to the House: one for the District and one for Utah, which is heavily Republican.
One shopping district in particular, full of refurbished Victorian and Georgian buildings, provides a one-stop shop for visitors looking for Irish-designed fashions, accessories and housewares.
They are also demanding changes to the electoral law approved by parliament in July 2012, which increased the number of seats to 150 and gave the electorate two votes - one for a district representative and one for national-level lists that include political parties - replacing the single non-transferable vote.
Many have been angered by amendments to an electoral law approved by the House of Representatives in July, which increased the number of seats from 120 to 150 and gave the electorate two votes - one for a district representative and one for national-level lists that include political parties - replacing the single non-transferable vote.
Behind the collectorate building in one outlying district, men urinate beside five rusting four-by-fours.
Also, a police patrol may get two calls per day in one Moscow district, and 20 in another.
The Internet is changing the rules for one school district in suburban Chicago.
At least one school district has already warned parents that food served in its cafeterias was recalled because of possible E. coli contamination.
With its wealth, old and new, this was the Bay Area's one Republican district in past years, consistently favoring GOP presiden- tial candidates.
One residential district, known to archaeologists as Region 6, does indeed have toilets on the ground story of almost every home, she said.
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Polling stations will be situated at the Sea Cadet Hall in Tromode (district one -Garden City), St Andrew's Church Hall, Glencrutchery Road (district two - Somerset), All Saints Church Hall, Alexander Drive (districts three and four - Albany and Ballabrooie) and Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Rosemount (district five - Eastfield).
Republicans outnumber Democrats by two to one in the district, which includes the Hamptons, the New York upper class's version of Disneyland, as well as several retirement communities.
In sports-mad Texas, where Friday-night football is nearly as sacred as Sunday morning church services, one rural school district is taking the once-unthinkable step of shutting down its high-school sports program.
Shanghai police were tipped off by tech retailers in one Shanghai retail district, and investigators later discovered that the products were being made by a brother and sister duo in their homes.
While the district appealed the decision, Mr. Singleton and his staff retooled the curriculum and tried to erase the budget gap by closing one of the district's three schools and trimming budgets in all departments.
Hawaii, for example, is the only state with one unified school district operated at the state level. (Not surprisingly, the schools get poor marks.) Only Michigan and New York have a higher proportion of unionised workers.
The pool is one stop on a tour of former war zones in the district of Mullaitivu, one of the worst areas of fighting during a conflict in which up to 100, 000 people died.
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Almost every town, city and district has one, owned and run by the communities.
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