Word: popularized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Union. Leningrad-skaya Pravda ominously reminded the Finns that they had received their national independence from the Soviet Union in 1917, and that "further consolidation of their state sovereignty ... is possible only by carrying out a policy of sincere friendship with the Soviet Union." Added Leningradskaya Pravda: "The anti-popular activity of Finnish reactionaries is inspired by overseas reaction. Finland is within the orbit of the keen attention of Anglo-American imperialists who are hoping to draw [her] into a contemplated anti-Soviet military bloc...
...successive Sundays, Frenchmen voted on candidates for their local Conseils Généraux, which vaguely resemble U.S. state legislatures in function. The results analyzed this week showed that the Communists still had nearly 25% of the popular vote. But without losing much numerical strength in the electorate, Reds faced a worsened position in French politics. Whenever a Communist had a chance of getting elected, all other parties tended to combine against him. In the last (1945) cantonal elections, Communists got 184 seats; this time, anti-Red coalitions held Communist victories to 37. The Gaullists...
...spring festivals approached, Mexico City had had a rash of queen elections. Oilworkers, government clerks, sportsmen and the "proletarian districts" all elected their own queens, and crowned them at special fiestas. The press photographers got Cantinflas, Mexico's most popular comedian, to crown their queen (see cut). Moy ran as the army's candidate for queen of all the festivals. Her nearest competitor was sultry, dark-haired Yolanda Ortiz, candidate of the traffic cops (the police department had its own candidate). Almost everyone in Mexico City knew that they were running a close race, but that...
Economics 1 is the most popular elective course in the College this term, according to figures released yesterday by Registrar Sargent Kennedy...
Social Relations 1b, whose predecessor, Social Relations 1a, was the most popular elective last term, has 427 students and is in second place among the electives. Third place goes to Government 1b, which 420 students are taking. Math 1b follows closely with 412 enrollees, and then come English 160 and History 1b with 351 and 341 students, respectively...