Word: elections
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...light of the success at Henley, it is possible that the Crimson heavyweights will compete in the 1960 Olympic games. Captain-elect Perry Boyden stated, "The Olympics are our goal, and I think we'll make...
...Catholic and very proud to be one. I feel that it would be of great value if this country were to elect a Catholic President to disprove all the fallacies surrounding the now ambiguous "he." But as much as I would like to see a Catholic become President, I say that I would not vote for Kennedy. I have many reasons, the main one being his stand on the labor question...
...relationships are shot through with paradox. Members may declare a republic or elect a king of their own (as in Malaya). Ghana feels free to consider federating with Guinea, a former colony of France. Without consulting other members, Commonwealth nations may go to blows with outsiders (Britain v. Egypt) or with each other (India v. Pakistan over Kashmir). Britain welcomes almost any citizen of the Commonwealth to its shores. But Australia and Canada virtually exclude nonwhites, and Ghana and Nigeria forbid white men to own land...
Julius A. Stratton, electronics researcher, president-elect, M.I.T............... LL.D...
...days beforehand, news stories went round the world direly reporting that nothing less than freedom itself was at stake in Sicily. And as the time came for Sicilians to elect a new regional assembly, Christian Democratic orators by the Fiat-ful raced about the island tirelessly echoing the warning of Italy's Premier Antonio Segni: "We must be on our guard if we are not to awaken in the bear hug of Communism...