Word: electable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...widely criticized move that has sportswriters dumbfounded, the directors of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Coopers town, N.Y. unilaterally elect the Toronto Blue Jays' 1979 bullpen to the Hall of Fame. In an exclusive Crimson interview, the Hall's director explains: "We were all just sitting around having some drinks and a good time, and we decided to have some fun. We didn't expect it to turn out like this...
...begins in the sixth grade, as does study of biology and physics. Most American children still get only a year of biology in secondary school and few take any physics. Many U.S. high schools ask students to take only two years of math and one of science. Few students elect to go beyond the minimum. Says Harvard Microbiologist Roger Nichols, who is also director of the Boston Museum of Science: "Our third-and fourth-grade kids are natural little scientists, but after eighth grade, only 20% are still interested in math and science...
When the Turnhalle Alliance swept the elections under that constitution, Kapuuo as the president-elect, that hope seemed about to become a reality. We even talked about taking the long trip to Africa for his inauguration...
Yesterday, a crowd of about 150 including city councilors, state representa- tives and senators, and Gov elect Michael S Dukakis--listened as Richard Friedman tried to be together Parcel lb's long history...
...California voter. This November I had to elect a Senator, a Congressman, a Governor, a superintendent of schools and several other state officers. I had to decide on more than two dozen propositions as well as innumerable judges and local officials. All told, I had to make at least 50 elective decisions, of which I was intelligently informed on no more than 30. This may be blasphemy, but the political process is woefully underfinanced; $300 million is not even $1.50 per person spent on a biennial national election. Let's not confuse the total amount spent on the campaign...