Word: controled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Uneasy Control...
...House, each state's delegation in a presidential showdown has just one vote-to be determined by a simple majority of the delegation. There are now 29 Democratic-controlled delegations in the House, with 18 controlled by Republicans, and three evenly split (a tied vote in a delegation neutralizes it). Yet 30 delegations are so closely divided that the shift of a single seat in November could change their makeup to Democratic, Republican or neutral. With the votes of 26 of the 50 House delegations needed to choose a President, the G.O.P. could increase its present control from...
Predicting a House decision is obviously impossible at this point. Even if the Democrats retained control of a majority of the delegations, some individual Congressmen, under pressure from constituencies or conscience, might bolt the party. Many Southern Democrats, whether pro or anti-Wallace, might turn against the Administration leadership and vote the way their districts did-presumably for the Alabamian...
...most votes, popular and electoral, in the three-man race. Humphrey follows, but Wallace has amassed enough electoral strength to deny both men the presidency. Nixon and Humphrey refuse to bargain for Wallace's electoral votes. The election therefore goes to the House, where the Democrats have retained control of 27 state delegations. At the same time, the Senate meets to name a Vice President. There, the Democrats have retained control, 53 to 47. The rules eliminate the No. 3 candidate: out goes Curtis LeMay, the Wallace running mate. And enough Southern Democrats follow party discipline to elect Edmund...
...Yugoslavs will fall back on what they call "our own tradition" for dealing with the invaders. It is, of course, guerrilla warfare, an art in which Tito has few peers. During World War II, Tito's partisans tied down as many as 25 German divisions, succeeded in taking control of large parts of the country even before the advancing Red army marched...