Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...through customs which we create, we are constantly enriching its terms, giving new meanings to old phrases. When Americans have realized their responsibility, they have written into the Constitution the inalienable rights of every citizen, they have given to women an equal chance to express themselves through the ballot, they have made our Nation a saloonless Nation, they have made slaves...
According to first advices from Egypt, the elections to Parliament gave the Zaghlulists 101 seats, the Ziwarists 105. The Zaghlulists subsequently contradicted this statement, claiming 111 seats, although three constituencies had still to be heard from and five had to hold a second ballot...
...Democratic Convention's two thirds vote for nomination?" conjectured correspondents. W. W. Brandon, Governor of Alabama, the stentorian voice who last June called more than 100 times "Twenty foah for Un-da-wood !" appeared at a "Southern Exposition" held in Manhattan, bringing the result of a state-wide ballot on "Alabama's greatest living men and women"-to wit: Writer: Octavus Roy Cohen Statesman: Oscar W. Underwood Soldier: General Robert Lee Bullard Professorial Leader: Dr. George TI. Denny. Captain of Industry: George Gordon Crawford Artist: Roderick D. Mackenzie- Distinguished Citizen: Helen Keller Actress: Lois Wilson* (cinema) Athlete...
...modesty of 1 blank ballot...
...return to the State for the privileges received, not limited to the success which may be attained in the pursuit of a particular profession. The practicality of college training will receive genuine endorsement when college men take an active, personal interest in public affairs through the exercise of the ballot, after sound appraisal of candidacies and platforms, as well as through participation in various civic and social activities inuring to communal betterment...