Word: elected
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SYRIA 99.6% Yes Syrians went to the polls last week to elect a President and endorse a new constitution which, in form at least, resembles that of the U.S. There was only one candidate: Strongman Adib Shishekly. And to make sure that the voters knew exactly where to put their crosses, the polling was held in public, with police and troops acting as ushers. Result: Shishekly got 99.6% of the votes, and the new constitution was overwhelmingly approved, even though its freedoms will not come into full force until Syrians develop more "political sophistication...
...obstruction in his Wedgwood eyes, started to talk. When Illinois' Everett Dirksen voted with the majority, Herman Welker was bitter. "The Senator from Illinois need never call on me to speak for his campaign committee," he snarled. "This is politics and nothing but politics. It is intended to elect Saltonstall, Ferguson and Hendrickson . . .* When I say where I stand, I stand up." Then Welker stood up. Then he sat down. Dirksen smiled faintly...
...first things they did was to re-elect the Rev. John W. Behnken, 69, a veteran of 18 years in the job, as president of the Missouri Synod for another three years. Silver-haired President Behnken delivered an acceptance speech in which he spoke some pointed words about church union...
...Overseers, following tradition, opened their meeting by voting to give the Corporation the power to elect the next president...
...Overseers, following tradition, opened their meeting by voting to give the Corporation the power to elect the next president...