Word: absentia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years ago French Communist Boss Maurice Thorez, reported to be suffering from a stroke, was flown to Russia on a stretcher. Since then, a stream of visiting French Communist functionaries have reported Thorez in good health. In the 1951 general election he was returned to the National Assembly in absentia. Last September, acting Communist Boss Jacques Duclos announced that Thorez "is preparing to return to France to retake his place at our head...
...Fairchild has a long way to go. He must buck the overwhelmingly Republican Wisconsin press, which has refused him coverage in town after town. He is opposed by the powerful Republican Voluntary Committee, headed by ex-Taft strategist Tom Coleman, which is financing huge in absentia rallys for McCarthy. And toughest of all, Fairchild must crack the myth of Joe McCarthy, America's Number One Commie-Hunter...
...administration has followed the policy of keeping mum on who receives the honorary degrees until Commencement day. A recipient has to be present at the exercises in order to receive degree. Two notable exceptions are Generals Marshall and MacArthur, both of whom were offered degrees in absentia in 1946. Marshall took his degree a the following Commencement, when he delivered an address on the Marshall Plan. MacArthur is still in line for his degree whenever he accepts the University's invitation...
...President, John, was one of the 43 (out of a class of 70) expelled just before Commencement for participation in the "Great Rebellion of 1823." Some 50 years later and 39 after John's death, the faculty backed down and granted the group their diplomas "in absentia." Primary prank of the notorious Class of 1823 was rolling cannon balls down the stairs of the tottering Yard dormitories...
...Senator in absentia in 1948, and was elected. In 1949, Grau having given way to Carlos Prío as President, Batista finally went home. Guarded by 20 soldiers, he lived at Kuquine, talking with politicos, playing canasta, and keeping in trim by working out daily on an exercise machine. There he bided his time until last month's revolt...