Word: ballots
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...board of directors responded on the proxy shareholders' ballot, saying, "Due to the long-term nature of PepsiCo's businesses and the inevitability of political and social change, we long ago concluded that it is neither prudent nor appropriate for us to establish our own country-by-country policy...
...Stay tuned next Monday to see who wins. But remember, this year, anything goes. As Miramax head Harvey Weinstein said, "We're going to put the bookmakers out of business this year." So, dear reader, you ask, what did Yours Truly put down on her Harvard Dining Services Oscar ballot? Two words: multiple ballots...
Even as Dole had reason to be hopeful about his November prospects, there were suggestions the ballot could get more crowded. Ross Perot's Reform Party was intensifying its efforts to qualify for presidential ballots--and Perot himself said flatly that he would run and "give it everything I have" if drafted as its nominee...
...Kansas, voters in 12 of the 14 counties that have put factory farms on the ballot in recent years have elected to keep them out. In Nebraska, a state ban on corporate farms has sharply slowed their growth. Elsewhere, opponents have used zoning and environmental laws to block plans for new farms. Residents are also seeking to shut plants now in operation. "The smells are horrendous," complains Carla Smalts, an Oklahoma farm wife who has sued to prevent a pig palace from opening near her home. She's also helping to coordinate anti-hog farm movements in five states...
...particular, the collapse of Buchanan's prospects leaves an opening for Perot to collect some of Pat Buchanan's radically unhappy constituents with their concerns about wage stagnation and job security. But first these voters have to find Perot's Reform Party. For now it is guaranteed a ballot spot in just four states: California, North Dakota, Utah and South Carolina. In another half a dozen states, independent parties already on the ballot, most of them spin-offs from the '92 Perot campaign, are expected to merge with the Reform Party. And Perot lieutenants are pressing petition drives elsewhere...