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...disillusionment with his highhanded and distant predecessor, Yoshida. But, as Hatoyama was among the first to acknowledge, his mandate went far deeper than a change of personalities. In sweeping out the Liberals, the Japanese were sweeping away a regime that represented to the majority of Japanese a decade of meek complaisance to the commands and suggestions of the U.S. occupiers. Yoshida was re-elected from his own Kochi district last week, and his former Foreign Minister ran a dramatically repudiated eighth in a nine-man race...
...race that had attracted the most nationwide attention turned out to be a clean sweep. Democrat Paul Douglas piled up almost a quarter million more votes than his Republican challenger, Lobbyist Joe Meek. Ex-Professor Douglas' hard campaigning won the votes of many Republican and independent city dwellers, especially in Chicago...
Shortly after midnight, TViewers got a shock about New York State when Illinois Republican Candidate Joe Meek, refusing to concede his opponent's election, said that some candidates conceded too quickly and cited Ives as an example. CBS took another look at the New York figures and found that Harriman's lead was down to 23,000-and was still dwindling as suburban and upstate returns came in. When the unofficial count was complete, 24 hours after the polls closed, Harriman was the winner by 9,657 votes, in a total vote of more than...
Some of the film's touches recall the days when there wasn't even a suggestion, in English comedies, of straining for sly humor and droll situation. For example, while the meek here waits in the street, three women wrangle over his future in progressively laundering voices. At the peak of feminine fury a revival parade marches by, bearing a banner: BEEWARE THE WRATH TO COME. These unexpected dividends of chuckles, like the prize in Crackerjack, are the more welcome for being quite detached from the plot and from one's expectations...
Democratic Senator Paul Douglas held a heavy lead over his Republican opponent Joseph Meek early this morning. Douglas charged that Republican precinct leaders were holding out ballots in an attempt at last-minute manipulation and demanded FBI intercession...