Word: runoff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Louisiana, during the same period, talked about its gubernatorial contest and the runoff election in February. Segregation in public schools was a recurring subject in South Carolina, repeatedly coming back as Topic A after interruptions of a week or two. Items which were Topic A in several cities at the same time included Captain Carlsen and the Flying Enterprise, the announcement that Eisenhower was a Republican candidate, inflammable rayon sweaters and the third plane crash in Elizabeth, N.J. Almost everywhere, taxes became the leading subject in late February and early March...
...first in a field of nine (TIME, Jan. 28). But it was a bitter victory. Spaht got 158,839 votes, only about one-third of the total. The second man, tall, homespun Judge Robert F. Kennon of Minden, had 154,812. That called for a runoff. The seven losing candidates promptly swung behind Kennon...
...subservient legislature double the sales tax, up the cigarette tax to 8 a package, push the gasoline tax to 9 a gallon. Even Huey's son, U.S. Senator Russell Long, turned against Uncle Earl's machine in the primary, and remained aloof in the runoff, thereby dividing the dynasty against itself...
Under Louisiana law, the two top candidates must meet in a runoff primary. Six of the also-rans promptly urged their supporters to vote for Judge Kennon against Spaht. It looked like a sure thing for the poor man's candidate...
...used all over the world. Power companies and other water users no longer have to guess how much water the snow will give them. By following the professor's rules, and adding other data such as soil moisture and expected precipitation in the spring, they can estimate the runoff within...