Word: midterm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Government Department has invalidated the results of the midterm examination in Gov la because the content of an essay question was reportedly leaked to students by a section man. The question comprised 80 per cent of the exam...
...President has plenty of cause for confidence. He has been acclaimed for his handling of Cuba, and his midterm popularity is remarkably high. A recent Gallup poll reported that 74% of the voters approve of the way he is handling his job. There is also an inner feeling best described by a professorial White House aide: "Kennedy now has a sense that his own Government can work, that he can mobilize his own resources, that he can judge people correctly. There is a conviction of correctness...
...biggest name in Brazil's midterm state and congressional elections last week got the biggest comeuppance. Janio Quadros, 45, elected mayor of Sao Paulo city in 1953, governor of Sao Paulo state in 1954 and President of Brazil by a record margin in 1960, was running for office for the first time since he abdicated the presidency in August 1961. He chose his old stamping ground, Sao Paulo, and his old job, governor. Totting up the official returns takes weeks in Brazil, but all indications are that Quadros suffered a humiliating defeat. With 86% of the ballots counted...
...basketball varsity took a night to recover from the exam period lay-off, but then played magnificent ball against Columbia to gain a split for the midterm weekend. Friday, Cornell overpowered the varsity 89-69; on Saturday, the Crimson ran past the Columbia Lions to a 93-73 triumph...
...income of only $165, one of the lowest in the hemisphere; by no coincidence only 13 elected governments have finished their terms in 131 years of independence. Last week President José María Velasco Ibarra, 68, earned the dubious distinction of becoming No. 35 to leave in midterm. Beset by strikes, riots and military revolts, he made a dash for asylum in the Mexican embassy in Quito, thus paving the way for a leftist takeover and plunging his country into a crisis similar to Jãnio Quadros' abrupt flight from Brazil...