Word: nationalizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...beleaguered steel industry. And more than 3 million voters-a record number-came out in Ohio to repeal, 2 to 1, the state law allowing people to register to vote as late as Election Day itself. The main fear: last-minute registration would encourage fraud. Across the nation, Americans who went to the polls to choose local and state officials also voted on a wide variety of issues that until recently they had left up to their elected representatives to decide...
...California has long led the nation in going to the people, and San Francisco voters last week sampled referendums as varied and exotic as a Chinese menu. Many of the 22 items on the ballot could have been handled by a gutsy city council on a Wednesday evening. The electorate even had to pass judgment on whether each city supervisor could hire one aide who would be exempt from civil service requirements. The people said...
...Byrne and Carol Bellamy-got together with Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, New York Governor Hugh Carey and Pennsylvania Senator John Heinz, they could form a little association. Its name: the Davey Garth Fan Club. All those potent pols are, or have been, the clients of David Garth, the nation's most sought-after campaign strategist. His record this year: five winners among six clients. Garth's secret? Says the hard-working consultant: "There are ad agency guys more creative than I and professional pols more skilled in mechanics. But there aren't many who know both...
...oldest and richest University in the nation, Harvard packs tremendous institutional clout in academic, government and corporate circles. The symbolic, as well as direct economic import, of an activist stand by Harvard in favor of the human rights of South Africa's black majority cannot be underestimated. The students, alumni, faculty and other employees of the University must help push Harvard toward the socially responsible position on this issue...
Paton spoke on the continual erosion of civil liberties and human rights in South Africa, specifically criticizing the nation's repressive police tactics...