Word: electable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whether city voters choose to back the city council and various local lobbying groups in supporting the full over-ride, or whether they elect to continue to receive property tax reductions, has been clouded by various technical issues such as the ongoing 100 percent evaluation and by Gov. Edward J King's local aid package, proposed just in time to play a key role in today's balloting...
...undergraduates, we initially overlooked the of the voting requirements, and expected the election in a more fair fashion. But that oversight should Undergraduate Council to become Harvard's official student government on the strength of its own electoral Students here deserve a chance to elect a legitimate government. Until that chance arises, we're willing to stick with what...
...past year, and a strong youth movement has erupted on many college campuses. Charlie King, national director of the ADA youth caucus, predicts a resurgence of 60s student activism; meetings of the youth caucus at the convention reflected a new emphasis on working within the political system to elect liberal candidates, rather than changing the system through protest. "There is no anti-establishment feeling," King observed. "People want to influence Congress through persuasion rather than confrontation...
...which had been signed into law last January by Democratic Governor Brendan Byrne just hours before Thomas Kean, a Republican, was sworn in as his successor, had been challenged in court by the state's seven Republican Congressmen, who argued that the plan was drawn mainly to help elect Democrats. "Hurray!" said Kean, with a partisan cheer after hearing of the court's decision. "That good-for-nothing plan was not good for the people of New Jersey...
...climactic confrontation, John Paul sought to ease that-at least a little. During a 75-minute audience in the Vatican, he informed the group that some time this year Dezza would call a General Congregation to elect Arrupe's permanent successor. This assuaged the Jesuits' fear that the emergency regime would continue indefinitely. The call for the meeting will be only the first step in a complex procedure; the election itself will not take place until...