Word: flagrant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...declared by a 2-1 vote (Democrat Hennings objecting) that no one had been elected. Slapping hard at New Mexico's lax polling methods, the subcommittee reported so many irregularities in the election that it was "impossible to distinguish the free and honest vote." Among the findings: flagrant violations of the constitutional rights of more than 55,000 voters, illegal and premature destruction of 13,000 ballots, fraudulent alteration of 17,000 ballots, invalidation of 3,300 votes in the recount, complete disregard of voter-assistance laws, and general misconduct at the polls. Concluded the two Republicans...
...slightly, doubt the outcome. . . .Nor should one assume that Norwalk is the only city or that the "subversive" reporting program of the V.F.W. is the only method or even the only organization tending to stifle controversial opinions today. . . . There have been other flagrant violations--to note, the very recent difficulty of an independent organization here in this state to find a place to meet in order to raise money for a tottering newspaper. The American Legion had some part in this. When this organization found a meeting place, phone calls and city and state inspecting committees suddenly appeared...
...action required by federal law, Princeton University dismissed for the remainder of the school year, and possibly permanently, two seniors showing "flagrant abuse" of Army ROTC courses...
...This offspring of Soviet Communism committed a flagrant aggression in Korea ... It is actively promoting aggression against Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia. All nations which are neighbors . . . feel menaced by its scarcely concealed aggressive purposes...
...said Eisenhower, lay his "clearly defined purpose," to strengthen freedom and faith in freedom both at home and abroad. In pursuit of this objective, the Administration had scored some notable successes abroad. Said Ike: "Berlin and Korea have been two of the scenes chosen by the Communist world for flagrant acts of aggression since World War II. Today precisely these same two places present dramatic evidence of the will of free men to stay free and to make freedom work...