Word: electioneering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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ARTHUR WILLIAM CAMMER is a Los Angeles salesman of low-priced garden and patio furniture, whose orders this year are three to four times better than last. The fact only moves Salesman Cammer to complain: "My suppliers have become so panicky over the news of bad business that they can...
It was the first time in 29 years that the Liberals had gained a new seat in Parliament, and they talked happily of a resurgence of Liberalism. None but the most starry-eyed of Liberals thought there was any real possibility of taking power themselves. But on the basis of...
But Prime Minister Harold Macmillan had no intention of being stampeded into a general election, was clearly counting on time to allow his policy of austerity to pay off. Said Macmillan calmly: "The great thing is to get the timing right-to have the downs between elections and the ups...
Fortnight ago, from underground, Prestes proclaimed a popular-front "alliance of all national forces in the fight against North American imperialism," and promised an "enthusiastic campaign" for the election of all "nationalist democratic candidates" in October's congressional elections. The thought of Prestes' votes whetted political thirsts in...
After a visit to the tomb of Lenin and Stalin in Red Square, Hope cracked: "It wasn't a bad show, but what do they do for an encore?" On shopping at the GUM department store: "The men look like they're wearing George Raft's old...