Word: electives
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Eventually a plenary session of the National People's Congress will have to be held to designate Teng the new Premier. Similarly, there will have to be a Politburo meeting to elect party Vice Chairmen to replace both Chou and another top leader, Rang Sheng, who died one month ago. A strong candidate is Chang Chun-chiao, 63, the onetime Shanghai radical, who has decided to cooperate with the moderates...
Although we both know of the football captain-elect's achievements in his youth, modesty makes him reluctant to discuss his athletic career...
Some states, for example, have taken advantage of a loophole in the rules and have chosen to elect delegates in each congressional district or, in some cases, in even smaller areas. Any candidate winning a plurality of votes in a district will get all of the delegates from that locality. Each such election is in effect a mini-primary-and each candidate faces the delicate decision of whether or not to enter. A few states, including California, Michigan and Nevada, require a candidate to win only 10% or 5% of the vote, instead of 15%, in order to gain...
...National Security Council, Brzezinski will work closely with Trilateral members W. Michael Blumenthal, nominated as the new Secretary of the Treasury, and Vice President-elect Walter F. Mondale...
...Coca-Cola Company and of the Rand Corporation, and director of the Adela Investment Company of South Africa. Austin originally sponsored Carter in the Trilateral and later served as his campaign finance chairman. Still another Carter campaign confidante was Richard Holbrooke, managing editor of Foreign Policy and the president-elect's choice as the new ambassador to Italy...