Word: electioneering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With election day only three weeks off, the fog of political oratory shrouded the Italian peninsula. In one 24-hr, period last week Italy was subjected to no less than 20,000 campaign speeches. To some of the candidates it seemed that the bulk of these had been delivered by...
Chances are that Fanfani is indeed sweating. Under Italy's new electoral law-a complex melange of straight and proportional representation-the Communists and Christian Democrats will have to increase their ballot by between 500,000 and 1,000,000 votes in order not to lose parliamentary seats. By...
Lewis B. Oliver Jr., Hastings Wyman Jr. and Eugene H. Zagat Jr. were elected members of the Council for next year, as over 65 per cent of the Freshman class voted. The 660 ballots cast in the election set a new record, Andrew L. Warshaw '59, chairman of the Council...
Freshmen were not given the opportunity to vote for Allen L. Reische '61 because his petition for nomination was not submitted before the Monday evening deadline. Reische's campaign managers argue, however, that Zagat, one of the winners in yesterday's election, also submitted his petition late.
Alphand asserted that France is morally correct in refusing to grant Algeria its independence, since "we cannot be sure whether the Algerian citizens really desire independence." He continued, "We are ready to grant a cease-fire, hold a free election, and discuss with the elected representatives the future of Algeria...