Word: ordering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hartnett said people at the State House told him that the ballots could not be opened without a court order. DeGuglielmo said earlier that the Commission need not follow his specific suggestions, but unless it took some constructive measures to investigate the allegations, he might seek an immediate writ of mandamus against the Commission. He added he would not wait until Monday, when the City Council has its regular meeting...
Success against the Quakers is vital. "We're woried about Yale, Penn, and Princeton, in that order," Munro said Thursday. "The Penn game will go a long way toward determining how we finish...
...choice of leaders, the student body looks for the all-American boy. John Jerbasi, president of the Undergraduate Council, is a top NROTC5A campus policeman vainly attempts to restore order as students battle for a piece of the goal posts following last week's game against Navy. In the background, a fraternity poster appears, urging the then-undefeated and untied football team to defeat the Midshipmen. The two teams tied...
...Proportional Representation, the Cambridge method of voting for Council and School Committee. A single ballot lists the names of all candidates in alphabetical order (there are no primary elections) and without regard to party affiliation or other endorsement. The voter marks his first choice with a 1, second choice with a 2, etc., expressing as many preferences as he wishes. After each election a quota is established representing the smallest number of votes that will be counted to elect the proper number of people to each body. Then each candidate who achieves this quota is declared elected, until all places...
...voters it is not dominated by Harvard, the CCA's tone and general attitude unmistakably corresponds with the University's. It disdains the demagogue, the smearer, the emotionally tinged campaign. Physically, the CCA accomplishes its goal through a proportional representation system of voting, where voters select their candidates in order of preference. Through the complicated counting process the CCA finds its elan vital--representation on the nine-man City Council and the six-man School Committee...