Word: elections
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Psychological Society last fall had one organizational meeting which was attended by eight persons, and since then has had no program for its membership. The Society's officers announced Sunday, however, that they will call a meeting in May to elect officers for next year...
...voters were subjected to a strenuous ideological going-over to persuade them to elect an all-Communist slate...
Today's system of balloting will be the same as last year's. Seniors can vote for up to 12 candidates in order to preference by placing a number from one to 12 under the name and picture of each man he wishes to elect...
...past, was largely politics. If admitted to the Union, Hawaii (pop. 499,794) is expected to send two Republican Senators to Washington. Most Democrats in the Senate want to cancel that prospective G.O.P. gain by granting statehood to Alaska (pop. 182,000), which would be expected to elect Democrats. Some Southern Democrats don't want Hawaii admitted at all, because of Hawaiian disregard for the color line. Last week three Republicans (Nevada's Malone, North Dakota's Langer and Maryland's Butler) joined Democrats in a 46-43 vote to package the two statehood proposals. Senate...
...occasion was Soviet Russia's quadrennial election campaign; it was time again for the Russians to elect unanimously their unopposed commissars and some 1,330 equally unopposed lesser Communists to the Supreme Soviet. Candidate Malenkov addressed his campaign speech to the world...