Word: closer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from the Socialist ranks. In the Chamber of Deputies, that meant Nenni lost four seats, mostly to the Communists. The Communists picked up 800,000 votes, a 1.6% increase, giving them eleven extra seats in the Chamber. Thus the party maintained its postwar record of steady gains-and moved closer to its goal of a leftist majority in Italian politics. Other Nenni Socialists went over to their former ally, the pro-Communist Proletarian Socialists (P.S.I.U.P.). This far-left party gained 4.5% of the votes and 23 seats...
...figure would almost certainly quit work (unless several hundred dollars and getting away from wife and family were worth a forty hour week). And because the choice of the base figures may be rather arbitrary, there are bound to be inequities. The problem of equity becomes more acute the closer the base figure comes to the actual amount necessary to maintain a standard of living that could be described as middle class. The position of the middle class worker may be ill-informed, but it is not irrational. If he must work long hours, often at dull jobs...
With some 55 per cent of the votes counted, McCarthy had received 58,352 or 43 per cent, to 50,784 or 37 per cent in the Kennedy column. The final tally was expected to be closer...
...timber and heavy burlap to keep out the flood, foul air and deadly gases. As the water continued to rise, Larry Lynch, 28, fell to his knees and prayed: "Dear God, you can work miracles-I'm asking you for one." The water stopped, and never moved closer...
...escu, whose position in the Soviet-dominated camp is becoming increasingly isolated. While De Gaulle seeks to broaden his contacts in Eastern Europe, Ceauşescu hopes for more tangible economic and political results from the visit, such as greater access to Western technology and the promise of closer ties with the West...