Word: elected
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...Romney loyalist, was a "secret diabolical move." Fuming with anger, Romney accused the dissident Republicans of a sellout, but ironically, he may have to sign the bill into law if it passes the lower house. If he does not sign it, Michigan in all likelihood will have to elect its congressional representatives at large. And if that should happen, there is the possibility that Democrats would take even more seats than in a district-by-district vote...
Postponing the elections is now a constitutional impossibility. Greater control of the elections by the "Graduates" is not: legally a majority of three-quarters is required to elect a member, and a "Graduate" block of seven votes could effect a veto at elections of the Eight and Sixteen...
Naming the Elect...
Crime in the U.S. is multiplying four times faster than the population, warned Lewis F. Powell Jr., president-elect of the American Bar Association. The "underlying cause," he argued in a speech in Cleveland, is "excessive tolerance of marginal and certain unlawful conduct," such as illegal gambling and insurance-claim cheating, which in turn "leads to disrespect for the law and the rights of others." The fault is not wholly the public's, Powell conceded. Equally to blame, he said, is "the tendency of government-at various levels-to apply double standards, and to genuflect to political influence...
Radcliffe juniors vote today to elect next year's class president. The candidates are: Betty Chang '65, of Hoimes Hall and Laurelton, N.Y.; Patricia W. McCulloch '65, of Edmands House and Tampa, Fla; Miranda C. Sampsell '65, of Moors Hall and Chicago; and Ellen M. Snyder '65, of Cabot Hall and West Roxbury...