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...district of Seoul, but such "invalidations" were at a record low. "Power failures" are another standard practice in South Korea on election nights, to facilitate tampering with ballot boxes. But this time the lights went out briefly in only one city, Pusan, and not only was it a bona fide short circuit, but the Central Election Management Committee had foresightedly ordered all polls, Pusan's included, to lay in a supply of candles. Moreover, to prevent the almost customary burning of wooden ballot boxes, Park's regime installed metal boxes. As a result, Park squeaked through by only...
...first time in ages, Argentines could talk politics-and smile about it. At last they had an election-and perhaps soon, a bona fide President: Dr. Arturo Umberto Illía, 62, a sometime physician and longtime politico with considerable government experience. On the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, shares surged upward; the battered peso rallied four points (from 139 to 135 to the dollar), and throughout the country the sensation was one of deep relief and a return of confidence. Even the fractious military seemed content. "We kept our promise to hold elections," said a colonel as he headed...
...TIME LIMITS. Out-of-towners may be entertained in almost any manner on the evening before or after a "substantial and bona fide business discussion." It is not necessary that more time be devoted to business talk than to just plain...
...bona fide farmer of today has to be an exceptional businessman. He doesn't want or expect the taxpayers of the nation to support him; yet that is what Mr. Freeman, Mr. Cochrane and Mr. Kennedy seem to think he should and shall want. Their tactics to convince farmers and all citizens of this are open to question, and should be questioned by all those whose monies are being used to assure the U.S.D.A. a favorable vote in the wheat referendum...
...candidate's four-year-old niece, and the Christian, a professor of History, said he hoped Sam Beer would roast in Hell. (Beer is a faculty member who has come out in support of Teddy's candidacy.) Needless to say, Carolin, Ethel and Professor Beer are not bona fide candidates for any office...