Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nehru took after the Communists in South India's Travancore-Cochin (pop. 9,265,000), where they were given a 50-50 chance to win this month's State Assembly elections. The outcome may well show whether the Communists can expect to undermine free India via the ballot...
...informant said that the Smith Ticket would go ahead with its campaign regardless of meetings. He said the Smith slogan would be "Vote Smith, numbers 1-3 on the ballot" and that posters for Smith would include wild Jubilee Weekend promises such as a night swimming party at a nearby beach...
...Since no Smiths showed up," Stearns asserted last night, "we won't put any on the ballot or allow Smith campaigning." Last night's meeting, he said, reduced the number of eligible nominees from...
...Western strategy was to expose and exploit Russia's fear of entrusting the future of Germany to the ballot box. With skill and force, France's Bidault led the prodding and taunting. "In all political systems, freedom has a synonym-that is, risk," said Bidault. "A united Germany will have freedom to choose . . . We are prepared to take that chance...
Marshal Tito was running to succeed himself as President of Yugoslavia, and since his was the only name on the ballot, it was taken for granted that all members of Parliament gathered in Belgrade would vote for No. 1. But did they? On the record, 536 members were present, but there were only 535 votes for Tito. Could one of the delegates have abstained? A recheck was hastily made and greeted with sighs of relief: only 535 members were on hand, and all had voted "Tito." This crisis past, Tito was still President and dictator of his country...