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Word: electioneering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hugh Gaitskill's Laborites, although they have retained the support of over forty per cent of the electorate, must do more than lick their wounds if they are to regain power at all. The composition of the British electorate, representing the highest industrial working class in the world, should be...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: Tory Triumph | 10/14/1959 | See Source »

This response encouraged prospective anti-Communist delegates. Moreover, the prospect of a free city as a forum for argument was attractive. The American methods for achieving the twin objective were fourfold: the efforts for free election with the U.S. delegation; personal contacts with other youth; outspoken participation in the seminars...

Author: By Cliff F. Thompson, | Title: Vienna Festival Chants 'Peace, Friendship' | 10/14/1959 | See Source »

What began as an attempt to freely elect a committee for the American group ended in a publicized demonstration of the Communists' method of insuring their idea of "peace". The anti-Communist participants sought to win the election as a matter of principle, and to prevent the small group of...

Author: By Cliff F. Thompson, | Title: Vienna Festival Chants 'Peace, Friendship' | 10/14/1959 | See Source »

Rhode Island's grandest old man. Democratic Senator Theodore Francis Green, rose as usual at 7 a.m., breakfasted on an apple, an orange, wheat flakes, toast, and a glass of milk. Then, in his ancestral mansion in Providence, he turned his attention to all sorts of packages, greeting cards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 12, 1959 | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

The Laborites made some election propaganda out of the scandal, but much more than politics was involved. Whichever party wins, the case has made it virtually certain that the next Parliament will enact legislation, similar to that in the U.S., to protect Britain's small investors.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: The Jasper Scandal | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

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