Word: per
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...left the hospital to vote for a Peronista Congress. He got what he wanted. Though ballot-counting was slow, particularly in the provinces, his party had captured more than two-thirds of the Congress seats. That will be enough to pass the constitutional amendment which will let President Perón run for a second term...
...difficult for the opposition. But the elections themselves were free and fair; the opposition admitted it, and the results showed it. At week's end, with all their disadvantages, the opposition had managed to get about 35% of the vote (compared with 45% two years ago). Moreover, though Perón's much-publicized candidate Father Virgilio Filippo (TIME, Feb. 16) was elected deputy from Buenos Aires, he ran well behind the others on the party ticket. Among opposition parties, the Socialists showed the greatest gain...
Even without such pressagentry, Strong Man Perón was all set to win this week's election. He 'needed a two-thirds majority in the Chamber of Deputies to get a constitutional amendment permitting him to succeed himself when his term expires in 1952. For weeks, he had artfully played on the nationalistic feelings of the Argentines...
...riot matter much anyhow: all available wall space was covered with pictures of the President-("Help Perón -Vote for His Men") and La Señora ("The Standard-Bearer of the Workers"). All the while, the radio blared: "A vote for Perón is a vote for Social Justice...
...record gross of $795,538,075 in 1947, a 20% increase over 1946. Net profits after taxes were $120,009,760, up 6%. Du Pont worried about "excessive construction costs" in its expansion program, set up a reserve that chipped $1.51 off share earnings, brought them to $9.88 per share...