line-drawing

"It's an aspect of leadership called line-drawing or boundary-setting," says Simon Fraser University management professor Mark Wexler, as he watches the two grapple with what to do about a tent encampment in the city's main downtown square that is part of a worldwide protest over economic injustice.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed FRANCES BULA 2011

I did a performance once and instead of paying me money, the venue gave me a Picasso line-drawing of a matador.

Portrait of the artist: Johnny Mathis, singer 2011

Government officials should resist proposals to limit religious staffing only to certain activities or positions that are subject to invasive line-drawing by the government.

Protecting Religious Staffing by Religious Organizations Thomas Messner 2012

"The demographic phenomenon we're seeing could cause some big concerns in terms of African-American seats," said Kimball Brace, president of Election Data Services, citing improvements in racial integration between blacks and whites in many metro areas that will make line-drawing more difficult.

Census: Hispanics surpass blacks in most U.S. metros 2011

Florida voters, in a rare check on Republicans 'success in taking control of many states' redistricting processes, surpassed the 60-percent threshold to set strict nonpartisan rules on new legislative line-drawing next year.

Hans Johnson: Wave of Voter Anger Leaves Damage, Opportunities Hans Johnson 2010

"You cannot create a majority black district in Harlem," said Columbia University's Nathaniel Persily, a veteran of past line-drawing efforts.

Harlem Faces a Historic Shift Devlin Barrett 2012

Or, rather, I think it tends to illustrate some of the artificiality of some of the foreign policy line-drawing.

Matthew Yglesias » Michael McFaul on Russia 2009

Florida voters, in a rare check on Republicans 'success in taking control of many states' redistricting processes, surpassed the 60-percent threshold to set strict nonpartisan rules on new legislative line-drawing next year.

Hans Johnson: Wave of Voter Anger Leaves Damage, Opportunities Hans Johnson 2010

Redistricting specialists say keeping Harlem part of a district where blacks have the edge would require awkward line-drawing, such as reaching far north into the Bronx or even outside New York City to pick up other black-majority areas along with some white neighborhoods.

Harlem Faces a Historic Shift Devlin Barrett 2012

Florida voters, in a rare check on Republicans 'success in taking control of many states' redistricting processes, surpassed the 60-percent threshold to set strict nonpartisan rules on new legislative line-drawing next year.

Hans Johnson: Wave of Voter Anger Leaves Damage, Opportunities Hans Johnson 2010