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Word: cannot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...count, each ballot represents only one vote; if a ballot cannot help the person markd as first choice--either because he is already elected or because he is obviously defeated--the vote goes to the second choice and so on. Thus, the ballot is transformed from pile to pile until it can help someone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Local Political Jargon: A Guide | 10/29/1959 | See Source »

...lack of publicity. To win, Goldberg states he first needs a basic minimum of at least 1,500 first place votes to keep him in the count. He reasons logically enough that unless he can stay in the count after the obvious stragglers have been eliminated, he cannot possibly benefit from any second, third, or fourth choice votes he may pick up from being on the CCA slate...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: The CCA, the College, and Politics: Cambridge Nears Biennial Election | 10/29/1959 | See Source »

...Dining Hall Department cannot change the hourly pay rates, Tucker pointed out, since the union contract establishing the scale is decided by the Bureau of Personnel for the entire University. Tucker's administration must accept this rate, and consequently a new wage contract often causes a rise in board fees...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: Dining Expenses Increase | 10/28/1959 | See Source »

...varsity soccer team will be its own worst enemy this afternoon when it faces the Cardinals from Wesleyan here at 2 p.m. Although the Cardinal eleven is not particularly formidable, the Crimson may still run into trouble, since it cannot bring itself to care about mid-week, non-Ivy contests...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Soccer Varsity to Face Wesleyan; Freshman Squad Downs MIT, 1-0 | 10/28/1959 | See Source »

...music at the University. "I am a little cautious of the academic world in certain respects, and I am not convinced this is the best place for a performing musician." Contemporary composers should come to the University to play and speak with undergraduates "or else the entire musical community cannot flourish," Senturia recommends. Music at Harvard for him thus does not stop with the HRO; it is a living, all-important concern which extends far beyond his three rehearsals per week and his teaching in Music 253, formerly taught by Walter Piston. But beyond all this, Senturia exhibits qualities...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: The Music Man | 10/28/1959 | See Source »

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