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...Tuesday, New Hampshire voters will gather for town meetings to decide local issues (e.g., should the old covered bridge over the Contoocook in the town of Boscawen be demolished?). Then, with the political eyes of the U.S. on them, they will step over to the polling booths to 1) select delegates to the national conventions, 2) cast their ballots for the man they prefer for President. By next morning the first real straws will be eddying in the 1952 political wind...
...select fraternity of corporations with gross sales of more than $1 billion, some new members were admitted last week. Latest additions, on the basis of 1951 tabs: International Harvester, Shell Oil, Goodyear Tire & Rubber (first rubber company to make the grade), Standard Oil of California, National Dairy, Republic Steel. Total membership...
...Present Setup. Now, the 48 states are using a hodgepodge of primaries, conventions and committee meetings to select their delegates (1,205 to the Republican convention, up to 1,590 to the Democratic...
...this procedure as there are states. Democratic and Republican practice differs in some states (e.g., Alabama, where the Democrats' delegates are elected in a primary, the Republicans' at conventions). New York, which sends the biggest delegations (96 Republican, 98 Democratic), uses a combination of committee and primary selection. State committees of both parties select delegates at large; congressional district delegates are elected in primaries...
...each of the 105 test questions, five possible answers are given. You are to select the correct answer and put its number on the answer sheet next to the number of that question. Example...