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...more than 3,000 heard Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam attack the appointment of an ambassador as "unwise, unnecessary and un-American," then voted by acclamation to "oppose the confirmation of this nomination ... in every legitimate way open to us in our democratic system." There was one loud "Nay!" The "Nay" man said he was a good Roman Catholic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Protesting Protestants | 12/10/1951 | See Source »

...polls. In London, tired housewives queued patiently to do their daily shopping before going to vote. Near Manchester, where autumnal hills and fields, gowned in the Labor Party colors of red and yellow, were beginning to fade, a farm wife was asked if her husband had voted yet. "Nay, nay," she answered, "he's ower thrang [too busy] yit, he's got his coos to milk." But the voters turned out-82% of them, as compared with 51% in the last U.S. presidential election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: This Last Prize | 11/5/1951 | See Source »

This letter is a little late because of the pressure of exam period. But I feel that this should be--nay must be said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Mail | 2/10/1951 | See Source »

...night before last year's election, making the claims included in Friday's article. After an immediate meeting of the entire Council, a full vote of confidence was given to the officers, the vote being 28 to 1 with several abstentions, including last year's president. The single nay was that of the person who made the unjustified charge. Mention of this meeting was omitted in last Friday's CRIMSON...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Purge in Debate Council | 12/4/1950 | See Source »

Mayor Edward A. Crane '35 stated that "there are some irresponsible students at Harvard and the University should take action against them." Then, on a yea-nay vote, Sullivan's measure was passed...

Author: By Philip M. Cronin, | Title: City Council Demands Riot Damage Payment | 11/28/1950 | See Source »

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