Word: slate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Conservative voters chose among three slates of Conservative candidates; the Liberals had an official slate plus some splinter candidates. To abet this peacekeeping measure, the ruling military junta firmly banned the sale of liquor for three days, brought out tanks and troops in battle dress. Colombia counted it a historically peaceful poll. Joked a member of the junta: "Maybe we ought to have an election every Sunday...
When a new city administration, led by State Senator James F. Murray Jr., was elected in Jersey City last May, one of its first aims was to get revenge on the Jersey Journal (circ. 101,162), which had editorially supported an opposition slate hand-picked by Democratic Boss John V. Kenny. Murray's men transferred all city legal advertising to the rival Hudson Dispatch (circ. 58,037), refused to give out any information to Journal newsmen (TIME, June 3), even scheduled public meetings so that major stories would break too late for the evening Journal but in time...
Massachusetts Democrats desperately want the Republicans to run against Kennedy. Explains Adviser John Powers: "If he has an opponent he'll fight hard and the chances are he'll eat the whole Republican slate. We'll redistrict both the state and congressional districts. It will be the real second coming of the Mayflower...
...final divorce decree on the seventh floor of the Hall of Records, rushed down to the first floor as soon as they got it and were remarried within half an hour, explained: "That marriage was something of a jinx, and we wanted to start all over with a clean slate...
...these classifications the ins are, in most instances, fairly sure of re-election; the reformers will elect some of their slate; and the perennials and the newcomers are generally doomed to oblivion, this year at least...