Word: electioneering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Vote buying and intimidation were back. Garcia assured his nomination by a flood of political bounty; Garcia buttons were handed out with 10-peso bills tucked inside (TIME, Aug. 12). In the campaign, the Nacionalistas have spent in quantities unmatched since the Liberals threw around more than $1,000,000...
From barrio to barrio, and on every city street corner, the name of Ramon Magsaysay rang across the Philippines last week. Election day was only four weeks off, and every presidential and congressional candidate was busily trying to identify himself with the late great President, who was killed in an...
Controlled for the first time in 22 years by the Conservatives, Canada's Parliament gathered last week in delicate political balance. For Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, heading a ruling minority of no Tories* in a 265-seat House of Commons, the order of business was to pass an ambitious...
Novitiate lasts two years. At the conclusion of that time, if he has reached the age of thirty, he becomes eligible for election to life vows by the Chapter.
Despite Mrs. Ungeheuer's efforts, the election results gave Adenauer a safe majority of 270 deputies in the Parliament. The Free Democrats control 41 votes and the Social Democrats 169.