Word: popular
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some voters may spurn four-year terms, feeling that as planner and administrator the Governor and cabinet should stand frequent tests of public confidence. Yet biennial legislative elections provide abundant popular guidance since the General Court limits and supplements the Governor's program by approving, modifying, or rejecting his proposals. The four-year term would enhance, rather than cripple public control: with four years' aging, the flaws and virtues of a state administration would become more apparent...
...master at breaking lock and safe combinations (during World War II, he made the rounds of Los Alamos safes, depositing "Guess who?" notes in them). In his spare time, Nobel Chemist Linus Pauling likes to blast away at the souped-up claims of advertisers (he once completely deflated a popular chlorophyll deodorant by proving that instead of killing a smell, the stuff merely paralyzed the nose). But on matters affecting the institute, individualism melts into unity. On one occasion, a visiting professor from a Midwest university asked Physicist Robert Bacher how long it takes the faculty to reach a major...
...airline tickets on first-class nights abroad are still in fair supply, tourist flights have been almost sold out. TWA's tourist nights for June are 85% booked, and Pan American's tourist runs are reserved from 60 to 90 days ahead. Ocean liners are even more popular. The U.S. Lines' 1,700-passenger United States and 950-passenger America are booked solid for all tourist and cabin classes until August. For the critical eastbound season (June 1-July 15), Cunard's Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth have not a single cabin available...
...Matthew's money was not used to construct the building which bears his name, however. A public lottery ordered by the General Court of Massachusetts served that purpose. Such petty gambling was very much in vogue in the 1800's, and the Holworthy lottery was so popular that all tickets were sold weeks in advance of the drawing. The public produced the impressive sum of $29,000 for their chances; slightly over $24,000 found its way into the construction of Holworthy...
...more than 70 percent of its first choice applicants, 65 percent of the Class of 1957 were admitted to the House of their first choice, while 90 percent went to one of their top three choices. This method, however, worked well only for the two or three most popular Houses, and brought about a distribution criticized as inequitable by residents in unpopular Houses...