Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...promoters bought a television ad that showed $100 bills falling from the sky, and Atlantic City's voters were as mesmerized as if they had been tourists on the Boardwalk gawking at horses diving into pools and typewriters bigger than elephants. On the day in 1976 when the state referendum passed, they danced in the streets. Today Atlantic City has enough class to bring Cher, the queen of camp, back to the concert stage, enough savvy to have harvested $2.73 billion in the last year from bettors in its casinos, and enough allure to be the most popular destination...
...election became almost a referendum on the future of race relations in New York City. Although Koch was trying to win back the Black electorate (which he deperately needed to do), his tone was typically shrill and aggravating...
Although the council discussed several ways to avoid future deadlocks, several councillors said they could not take action in time to keep the referendum--which would allow some tenants in rent-controlled housing to buy their apartments--out of court...
...Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) is expected to issue a decision on the referendum's wording tomorrow, just two days before the ballots are scheduled to go to the printer...
Councillors also discussed a plan approved by the commission to mail city voters short descriptions of the referendum written by proponents and opponents...