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Word: electioneerings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Only second in difficulty to voting in a French election is the attempt to decide just what has happened once it is over. The result of Sunday's run-off makes it clear that France maintains a unique position in a Europe becoming every day more uniformed and stylized. With...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LEFT TURN | 5/5/1936 | See Source »

With the Communists alone having won as many seats in the new Chamber as the whole Rightist coalition put together, the reaction of Frenchmen to the siren song of Fascism has formed the most violent political gesture of any recent election. For the victory of the Left can be explained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LEFT TURN | 5/5/1936 | See Source »

More significant as an indication of France's determination not to "take the road to Rome" than as the fulfillment of any social revolution, the election stands as this year's only significant contribution to European stability. Fascism has been weighed and found wanting, and western Europe is still as...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LEFT TURN | 5/5/1936 | See Source »

Other announcements in the calendar for 1936-37 are that Election Day will come on November 3, on which day instructors are requested not to give hour examinations.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUMMER VACATION WILL BE A WEEK LONGER FOR 300TH | 5/5/1936 | See Source »

According to Author Adams, there have been ten "pulse beats of democracy" in U. S. history. The Revolution was one, and Jefferson was the healthiest, reddest corpuscle in it. When Bryan failed, by a little, to get the Presidency in 1896. that pulse beat faltered. The election of Roosevelt II...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stepfather of the U. S. | 5/4/1936 | See Source »

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