Word: electioneerings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The name of the Hopkins act was Restoring Business Confidence. Nothing quite like it had ever been staged under New Deal management. Heretofore Franklin Roosevelt's morsels of encouragement to Private Profit had been tossed out as asides in speeches which concentrated on the New Deal's grander...
Under Mexico's rigged political setup, the Presidential nominee of the Cárdenas-controlled Party of the Mexican Revolution (PRM) is virtually certain of election and the candidate backed by the potent, 1,000,000-strong Mexican Confederation of Labor (CTM) is virtually certain to be nominated by...
Pacelli's elevation to the papal throne will probably mean little or no change in the political policies of the Holy See. For in his capacity as chief papal diplomat, he had set the tenor of Church diplomacy for the last years of the life of Pope Pius XI. His...
On the election itself, Professor Nock said, "It is certain that Cardinal Pacelli was a unanimous choice. Only three ballots were taken to secure his election, which is extraordinarily quick.
"The selection of Pacelli seems to be a very wise one although tradition has been case aside in the choosing of a secretary of state to succeed as Pope. In the first place, the election of an Italian has certain advantages, since it makes for no international animosity as would...