Word: election
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Prior has not decided whether she will write a thesis, if she chooses not to, she will not be alone. Many students in Harvard's largest departments, such as government, economics and history, elect not to write theses, thus sacrificing their chance for honors within their department...
...recommended changes attempt to eradicate what little freedom of choice remains in Board elections. University alumni elect five Board members annually, for which Harvard has usually recruited a slate of 10. In recent years, alumni intent on turning around Harvard's refusal to divest from companies doing business in South Africa have also sponsored a slate of candidates, using petition nominations to get three elected...
Bush also said Dukakis had "raised taxes several times as governor of Massachusetts and I belive he will raise them again if you elect him president...
...still offering nothing concrete. No plans. No dreams. Elect me and my competence, he says, and you won't be sorry...
...campaigns, however, have solved the cyclical nature of the game by merging it with the influence-peddling business. While most of those who sell access do so only after toiling for the Government at modest wages, these entrepreneurial consultants skip the public-service stopover and move directly from helping elect a politician to selling their ties to him for high fees...