Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ways to prevent a crowning indignity: the courtroom questioning by Parker's Negro attorney on the sexual attack of the 24-year-old white rape victim. Fired by beer, whisky and hot speeches during a two-hour meeting, the plotters eventually hit upon a scheme. By paper ballot, at least ten men were chosen to lynch Parker. They...
...therefore bound by ties of blood and language, at least, to the giant Communist Chinese republic to the north. In the old days only British subjects-which automatically included everyone born in Singapore-could cast a vote. Under the new constitution voting is compulsory for all, and the ballot is thrown open to hundreds of thousands of Chinese born outside Singapore, most of whom are unable to speak English. In the new Parliament, in fact, English will cease to be the official language and members may debate in English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese or the Tamil language of India...
...first ballot, the Assembly elected the Rev. Dr. Arthur L. Miller as Moderator of the United Presbyterians for the next year. Greying, articulate Dr. Miller, 59, son of an Indiana farmer, and a graduate of Chicago's McCormick Theological Seminary, is pastor of Denver's Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church (membership: 4,300). The church's greatest problem, Moderator Miller told reporters, is reconciliation. "With racial antagonisms, with divorce, juvenile delinquency, and the frantic pace of life these days, the church has a ministry of reconciliation to help people understand each other...
Finally, in an attempt at direct action, Veritas collected the 200 signatures necessary to nominate one of its supporters by petition as a candidate for the Board of Overseers. Though the name of Col. Laurence E. Bunker '26 a former aide of Gen. MacArthur) did appear on the official ballot, and though half-page ads supporting him were inserted in Cleveland and Philadelphia newspapers, the Veritas candidate failed to gain election. In consequence, the group was reduced to its alumni mailings and sporadic contact with Harvard officials...
...Johnson's chances by moving the Texas primary (tantamount to election) up from July to May, thereby giving Johnson early opportunity to wrap up another six-year Senate term before the Democratic convention. Fortnight ago the legislature ruled that a candidate could run on Texas' general election ballot for President or Vice President as well as a statewide office (including the office of U.S. Senator from Texas...