Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...consensus, it was that the nation has veered to the left after six years of steering down the middle of the road. Yet closer, subsurface examination of the election results raises doubt about that consensus; indeed there is strong evidence that the American voter intended to cast his ballot for moderation...
...such relaxed interludes were the exception for Campaigner Nixon. Even as Golden Nugget carried Nixon from Juneau to Anchorage-where he finally caught up with Candidate Stepovich-and on to Fairbanks this week, the rest of the U.S. was ready to vote (Nixon had already cast an absentee ballot in California). No sooner would the 1958 congressional elections end than the work for the presidential election of 1960 would begin-and for Candidate Nixon that work would make 1958 seem like child's play...
...boomed their promises. The government announced that 72% of the island republic's 2,870,678 eligible voters had picked up their voting permits. And around the country the polls were provided with enclosed booths where the voter could even split his ticket, deposit it in a sealed ballot...
Another Council committee, the one appointed last week to study the charges of alleged ballot-box stuffing in the recent NSA referendum, asked the Council to extend the date of its report until next week's meeting. Paul E. Freehling '59, one of the members of the three-man committee, explained that the postponement would aid the committee in arriving at a unanimous decision. He said the members of the committee are divided at present on their opinions as to the validity of the charges and additional time was needed to conduct a more thorough investigation...
...voting booths that demonstrated the U.S. secret ballot to visitors at the Brussels World's Fair, some 200,000 popularity votes were cast by a poly-national assortment of voters who named their American favorites. Statesman: Abraham Lincoln. Actress: Kim Novak (who drew more than twice as many votes as second-running Marilyn Monroe). University: Harvard. Musician: Louis Armstrong. Most Important Immigrant to the U.S.: Albert Einstsin, distantly followed by Thomas Mann...