Word: populi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Populi. In St. Louis, Henry C. Mertz helpfully drove 14 people to the polls as part of his campaign for ward committeeman, later found that in their precinct he had got a total of one vote...
...Populi. In Oklahoma City, Election Board Secretary Winfred P. Fowler got back an absentee ballot from a vacationing woman with a sweeping criticism: "I don't like the names of any of the men you sent me. Please mail me another list...
...reporters asked Rodzinski about his plans. Said he: "I have no answer-now. All I know is that I dreamed of making Chicago the musical capital of the world. Later there will be plenty said-but maybe I won't say it. Vox populi, you know." Then flexing his biceps, he cracked: "Maybe I can go into wrestling. But I guess not, I am too old with my ticker...
Eleanor Roosevelt's peregrinations have worried so many people so long that the Gallup poll finally caught up with them. Vox populi: too much peregrinating, 45%; okay, 36%; no opinion, 6%; none of their business...