Word: electioneered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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But as election day approaches, indications of a Conservative victory, while still evident, are decreasing. In two weeks the Tory lead in publicopinion polls has fallen from a comfortable 7 per cent to a hazardous 2 per cent. This decline is more the result of the campaign than of any...
Frequently outdoing the Socialists at their own game, the Tories have increased expenditures on the welfare state by four billion dollars annually. Fulfilling a promise which the Labourites declared visionary in the 1955 election, over two million houses have gone up under the housing program. And finally, the Tories are...
So precarious is the electoral balance between the two parties, that any one of these issues could turn the election. To win, the Labour Party needs only thirty-five of the present Conservative seats. Since more than this number of seats were won in 1955 by less than 1,000...
Since the death of Auto Racer Mike Hawthorn in an ordinary accident on an ordinary road last winter, Britain's fastest, most expert drivers have pretty much throttled down out on the highway, with one exception: Countess Attlee, 63, wife of and longtime driver for former Prime Minister Clement...
Eleven Plus. But the lofty dream is still far from perfection. Last week, as 7,000,000 children trooped back to classes, flaws in the system loomed as a talking point in Britain's impending election. Both Conservatives and Laborites promise to build more schools, provide more teachers; the...