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Word: quota (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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After the first official count of the School Committee ballots, Judson T. Shaplin '42, associate dean of the Graduate School of Education, won re-election by a convincing margin. Shaplin was the only candidate in the first count to receive the quota of minimum votes necessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shaplin First to Accumulate Quota For Election to School Committee | 11/13/1957 | See Source »

Running behind Shaplin but without the quota of 4370 votes were James F. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Catherine T. Ogden. These two incumbents seemed sure of re-election although they both ran far behind Shaplin in number of votes. Shaplin and Mrs. Ogden are endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Association...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shaplin First to Accumulate Quota For Election to School Committee | 11/13/1957 | See Source »

Four candidates endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Association increased their margins in the City Council race last night. Incumbent Edward Crane '38 leads in the elimination count with 3,356 votes, just 84 votes short of the quota necessary for election under the PR system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CCA Expects To Win Four Council Seats | 11/9/1957 | See Source »

Four CCA candidates were the highest vote-getters after Sullivan, and will probably be elected if their totals reach the quota required under PR. Alfred Vellucci, who had earlier stated, "I will win by a landslide," was a weak eighth, and may lose his seat on the nine-man Council...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mayor Leads In Race For City Council | 11/7/1957 | See Source »

...years before World War I, exposed Stock Exchange malpractices in 1926 that were not banned by law until after the crash. Unlike most "quality" magazines, the Atlantic today aims at giving the reader a well-rounded view of the month's events as well as the standard quota of articles and criticism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Living Tradition | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

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