There is little officials can do to change that without grabbing the levers of power: board representation and voting rights.

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These days, the best network comedies are too good for viewers to grade newcomers on a curve, out of gratitude for a bit of representation, a slice of the power pie.

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All of which means that Asian-American representation in the hallways of power has gone from barely noticeable to modestly influential.

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On the left is a graphic representation of available power.

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They were designed to try to ensure the minutiae of local representation was not lost as power shifted towards the centre and survived the overhaul which created the current system of local government in 1996.

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Because the best abstract art has the power to cut through the rigid conventions of direct representation and externalize interior essences to show us things not as they look, but as they are.

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Through the history of digital content there has been a tension between the power of the open web and the desire for creative representation.

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It comes ahead of the publication of new research on Monday which suggests that women's access to power and representation in politics in the UK is declining in relation to many other countries.

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