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Word: pro-gay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1935-1935
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...Whitney had so far said nothing. But his friends last week were openly campaigning, and the odds were 3-to-1 in his favor, regardless of what the nominating committee might do. Pro-Whitney brokers passed out petition cards directed to the nominating committee and needing only a member's signature. "Tammany Tactics!" cried pro-Gay brokers. The plebeian New York Evening Journal even mailed out to all Stock Exchange members straw ballots which so alarmed the nominating committee that it dispatched a plea over the ticker requesting members to refrain from any & all unofficial voting. And from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Exchange Politics | 4/8/1935 | See Source »

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