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...Multimillionaire (construction) Matt McCloskey, the party treasurer, who shares with Butler the responsibility and the blame for fund-raising and budgeting. The two men are no longer on speaking terms-and the party's indebtedness continues to spiral upward. The sleek party house organ, Democratic Digest, continues to pile up a $70,000-$80,000 annual deficit; rental for the committee's commodious offices amounts to $2,820 per month, and the 80-man staff draws down some $440,000 in annual salaries. Butler maintains a $350-a-month Washington apartment on the expense account, and his marathon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: The Perils of Paul | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Unless he slams on his brakes and risks a pile-up from behind, the fourth driver in the left-turn line-and sometimes the fifth and sixth-rolls through the red toward a waiting menace of another color: one of the two blue Chevrolets manned by the town's three-man police force, whose chief occupation is to collect a $15 "bond" from each driver not willing to stick around town to be tried and fined $15 for running a light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGHWAYS: The Light That Never Fails | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Dunster House, first in tackle football, tied for the lead in soccer, and third in touch football, appears a sure bet to pile up the most points in the fall intramural program. The Funsters are undefeated in tackle football and soccer, and will move into a tie for second in touch football with the loser of the playoff between Winthrop and Adams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster Leads Intramural Race as Season Nears End | 11/13/1959 | See Source »

Specializing in a particularly devastating pass rush, the forwards have also shown crunching, precise, double teaming, good enough to let the backfield pile up the best offensive record in the league...

Author: By Alexander Finley, | Title: Crimson Challenges Slightly Favored Tigers; 35,000 Expected to Attend Last Home Game | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

...count, each ballot represents only one vote; if a ballot cannot help the person markd as first choice--either because he is already elected or because he is obviously defeated--the vote goes to the second choice and so on. Thus, the ballot is transformed from pile to pile until it can help someone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Local Political Jargon: A Guide | 10/29/1959 | See Source »

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