Word: run
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...whole point of Washington is the symbolic confrontation, the possibility of violence we detest but feel we must not run from. The public still isn't interested in what we have to say: Politicians and the press talk about parade permits and troop concentrations; they still find it newsworthy that the demonstration will give aid and comfort to the "enemy." Violence may make the public close their ears to us, but nothing we can do will make them listen...
...four other marchers to the Lincoln Memorial questioned us in a non-committal attitude about the planned activities for the day. But when we reached the Mcmorial, his neutrality disappeared and he tripled the fare. This kind of harassment was reported by many of the marchers who had run into difficulties getting to Washington. Thousands of New Yorkers never made it because their chartered buses did not appear. Some bus drivers, half way to Washington, would find a pretext for delaying the trip-one of them actually turned around in New Jersey and drove back to New York because...
...member wishes to run for a seat on the board of directors. he can place his name on the ballot by submitting an endorsement petition with 100 members' signatures. Only if someone challenges the stockholders slate will there be an election. Moreover, a quorum of at least five per cent must vote to make a contested election legal...
...regional playoff is run on a single elimination basis with the winner of the Division 1 tournament meeting the champion of District 2, the New York state region, for the right to compete in the NCAA semifinals to be held in San Jose, California on December...
...agree on only one thing: the turnabout-achieved by only narrow margins in both races-reflected the popularity of individual CCA-endorsed candidates rather than any major increase in the CCA's overall voting strength. "Each [of the CCA councillors] made it on his own; they didn't run as a team," said one veteran city politician...