Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...over now, and the ballots are being counted. But before the election people, according to the politicians, had to be told for whom they should vote and why. This information is parcelled out during what is termed, in democratic parlance, a campaign period...
...came even more important points, recited another third higher in pitch. The speaker stated that this organization was actually a tool of the Harvard School of Public Administration--a bunch of professors. Boos, and deeper mutterings. "They even have Radcliffe girls passing out campaign literature," he closed. A crescendo of boos, mutterings and threats from the audience followed...
Probably the immediate presentation of a guest speaker saved Littauer from immediate ravage. The guest, after excusing himself as "unprepared for this unexpected situation," took out his speech and read. Its main thesis was that the CCA, if it was allowed to carry through one of its campaign promises to eliminate a particular grade crossing, would ruin the economy of East Cambridge. He explained the boundaries of East Cambridge, which include the Boston and Albany Railroad, the Drainage canal, another railroad and the Charles River, and showed how the proposed change would destroy the basis for the well-being...
Hynes last night stuck to the theme of his campaign--"Oust Curely to restore Boston's good name." He asked voters at a rally whether they would "continue to tolerate an administration that stands for everything opposed to decency and honesty in government...
...unusual political alliance developed during the campaign. Curley has received strong support throughout the race from Russel S. Codman, Jr. '20, a Beacon Hill Republican and Boston's third largest taxplayer. Codman, Boston's Fire Commissioner, at a rally last night called on Curley's opponents to "desist from unfair and distorted charges of corruption in the Curley administration...